Among possible visualizations, we have considered trees, partition layouts, and circle packing (Ourednik 2013). We have finally opted for a <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rend="italic">force directed layout</hi> as our visualization of choice (Figure 4). In effect, the hierarchical structure of a given law is apparent, without excluding the concurrent visualization of cross-references hardly introducible in tree-structured data. The visualization can easily evolve to reflect historic change (cf. Data Publica 2012). It can also be restructured in order, for instance, to give more weight to thematic, rather than cross-referential transversal links: elements of law thus related become closer in the resulting visualization. Finally from the metaphorical point of view useful for making our theoretical posture understandable to the media and to the general public, the visualization presents a strong analogy with a dendritic organism like a Physarum polycephalum or the mangrove. It thus makes more accessible the description of law in terms of “growth” or “regression”.