一虽在17世纪之后,“法典”这个词的含义就演变为指代任何与“某一问题相关并声称涵盖该问题全部”的规则的集合,但在西方法学史上,真正对“法典”概念的研究始于英国法学家杰里米·边沁(1748~1832年)。西语中的“法典编纂”(Codification)一词就是由其本人所创。边沁对“法典”的界定对大陆法系的学说产生了重大影响,从19世纪开始直到现在很多西方学者对法典编纂的论述大多是建立在其既有界定的基础之上。一般而言,在大陆法系的法律文献中,学者们往往将其与形式意义上的“法律汇编”(consolidation)相区分。意大 Even after the 17th century, the meaning of the word “Codex” evolved into a collection of rules that refer to any “problem that is related to and claimed to cover all of the problem.” However, in the history of Western law, The study of the notion of “codification” began with the British jurist Jeremy Bentham (1748-32). The word “Codification” in Spanish is created by himself. Bentham’s definition of “Code ” had a significant impact on the doctrine of the civil law system, from the 19th century until now, many Western scholars on the codification of the discourse are mostly based on its established definition. In general, in civil law legal literature, scholars tend to distinguish it from the formal “legal compilation.” Italian