Conceptual approach to codification and its difference from depuration

After more than 50 years of codification in Iran, we still have problems in this field. One of these problems is the confusion between two concepts: macro (Tadwin/codification) and micro (Tanqih/Depuration). Generally they are regarded to have same importance or even same meaning erroneously. In our legal literature and even in the legislative system these two concepts are alternatively misused. Etymological and comparative studies, however, reveal that the best translation for “Codification” is Tadwin. Tanqih is one of the components of Codification framework, the task of which is to depurate and expurgate obsolete or contradictories from an official legislative text. Codification own other aspects like systematizing the legal system and filling the gaps which are not necessarily concerned with depuration.