espanolEl presente articulo pone de presente la pugna entre la codificacion y la jurisprudencia en Alemania y Francia durante el siglo XIX, pertinente en el trasplante del codigo civil en Colombia y la lucha que aun se ve en las altas cortes desde que la Corte Constitucional le ha dado fuerza vinculante a la jurisprudencia. EnglishThe present article puts of present the struggle between the codification and the jurisprudence in Germany and France during the 19th century, pertinent in the transplant of the civil code in Colombia and the fight that still is seen in the discharges polite since the Constitutional Court has given him binding force to the jurisprudence.