法律即代码:法典化中的公平提示原则

Law is Code:On the Fair Notice Principle in Codification

法典化的兴起是为了应对分散立法所引发的法律冗杂化和碎片化,以实现法律的公平提示原则。然而,随着法典的文本规模逐渐扩大、结构日益复杂,忽略动态发展过程的法典化反而会破坏法律的公平提示原则。为了打破法典化的这种发展悖论,需要在数字时代的法典化中提出“法律即代码”的观念,并据此将法律公平提示原则的发布、公民认知和清晰度三项要求转化为利用软件工程实现易懂的用词表达、合理的结构安排、显著的变动提示和简洁的交叉引用四维度目标。软件工程学中较为基础的“圈复杂度”概念、“模块化”思想和版本控制技术已经展现了实现“法律即代码”观念的可行性。而这种“法律即代码”观念的发展也有望从法典化研究延伸至“代码即法律”的二元共治研究之中,将法律的公平提示原则转化为代码的公平提示原则。

The rise of codification is a response to the redundancy and fragmentation of law caused by decentralized legislation in order to realize of fair notice of the law.However,with the gradual expansion of the size and structural complexity of codified texts,codification,which ignores the dynamic development of law,will undermine the principle of fair notice.To resolve the paradox of codification,the concept of law is code"in codification in the digital age is opportune,and the three requirements of publication,citizenship,and clarity in the fair notice principle are translated into the use of software engineering to achieve the four-dimensional goals of easy-to-understand text,rational structural arrangement,significant change labeling,and concise cross-referencing.The basic software engineering concepts of"circle complexity","modularity"and version control techniques have demonstrated the feasibility of realizing"law is code".Its development is also expected to extend from codification research to the dualistic coregulation of"code is law",transforming the principle of fair indication of law into the principle of fair indication of code.