A package which implements functionality to download and parse german legal texts.
Project description
GermanLegalTexts
A Python package for downloading, parsing, and working with German legal texts and court judgements from official German government sources.
Description
GermanLegalTexts provides tools to programmatically access and work with German legal texts and court judgements. It allows you to:
-
Law Books (Gesetzbücher): Download and parse legal codes from Gesetze im Internet
- Download individual law books by abbreviation (e.g., "bgb" for Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch)
- Download all available German legal texts
- Access specific paragraphs, sections, and other elements
-
Court Judgements (Rechtsprechung): Download and parse court decisions from Rechtsprechung im Internet
- Download individual judgements
- Browse and filter judgement index
- Download first n judgements or all available judgements
- Access structured judgement data (facts, reasoning, decision)
The package handles the complexities of downloading, extracting, and parsing the XML files provided by the official German legal repositories.
Installation
Requires Python 3.12 or higher.
pip install germanlegaltexts
Usage
Law Books (Gesetzbücher)
from germanlegaltexts.GermanLawDownloader import GermanLawDownloader
downloader = GermanLawDownloader()
url = "https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bgb/xml.zip"
bgb = downloader.download_law_book(url)
paragraph = bgb.get_paragraph("§ 1")
if paragraph:
print(f"Content: {paragraph.textdaten.text.content.text}")
Court Judgements (Rechtsprechung)
from germanlegaltexts.GermanJudgementDownloader import GermanJudgementDownloader
downloader = GermanJudgementDownloader()
judgements = downloader.download_first_n_judgements(10)
for judgement in judgements:
print(f"Case: {judgement.aktenzeichen} - Type: {judgement.doktyp}")
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
Acknowledgments
- Data source: Gesetze im Internet
- Author: Malte Weber
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