codifier
Rules into writing
A codifier is someone who organizes laws, rules, or practices into a systematic code.
The term applies to legal reformers who compile scattered statutes into coherent bodies of law, but extends to anyone who formalizes previously informal standards: Napoleon was the great codifier of French law.
A codifier of style might establish the conventions others follow.
Enacted written rule
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- enactmentPassing into law
- jurisprudencePhilosophy governing legal systems
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
decree · ordinance · amendment · provision · clause · article · statutory · judicial
Systematic grouping by traits
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
- organizationStructured group with purpose
- categorizationArranging into groups
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
methodology · structure · hierarchy · schematization · indexing · cataloging · compilation · framework
Detailed technical requirement
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
- guidelineRecommended standard for action
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
criterion · template · baseline · norm · harmonization · uniformity · consistency · compliance
statute
Enacted written rule
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- enactmentPassing into law
- jurisprudencePhilosophy governing legal systems
constitution · decree · ordinance · amendment · provision · clause · article · statutory · judicial · mandate
classification
Systematic grouping by traits
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
- organizationStructured group with purpose
- categorizationArranging into groups
arrangement · methodology · structure · hierarchy · schematization · indexing · cataloging · compilation · framework · ordering
specification
Detailed technical requirement
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
- guidelineRecommended standard for action
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
benchmark · criterion · template · baseline · norm · harmonization · uniformity · consistency · compliance · best practice
codifierinterpreter
One who conveys meaning between languages
adjudicator · arbiter · judge · exegete · commentator
codifieranarchist
One opposing all governance
disruptor · abolisher · dismantler · deregulator · destabilizer
codifierimproviser
One who creates spontaneously
ad-libber · freestyler · traditionalist · oral historian · folklorist
- codified lawsFormally recorded legal rules