nllegalcit 0.0.4

Python library to find citations to Dutch legal documents in natural language text

nllegalcit

A Python library to find citations to Dutch legal documents in natural language text.

This library is partially based on the linkextractor developed by KOOP to implement the Linked Data Overheid (LiDO). The aim of nllegalcit is to provide a more generally accessible way to recognize Dutch legal citations in natural language text.

Please note that this library is currently under development. It will probably not work reliably.

Supported citations

The following types of citations are implemented, work in progress, or planned:

Citation type	Implementation status	Implementation notes
Kamerstukken (Dutch parliamentary documents)	⚠️ Work in progress	Works reasonably well for modern (>1995) citations following the guidelines. Older citations may work. Simple page number notations work.
Handelingen (Dutch parliamentary minutes)	⚠️ Work in progress	Initial implementation exists, but needs more thorough testing.
ECLI case law citations	⚠️ Work in progress	Seems to work, but more testing is needed. Paragraph information is not parsed.
Dutch case law other than ECLI	🗓️ Planned
Dutch national laws	🗓️ Planned
Dutch treaties	🗓️ Planned
Dutch local law	🗓️ Planned
EU law	🗓️ Planned

License

Copyright (c) 2023, 2024 Martijn Staal <nllegalcit [a t ] martijn-staal.nl>

Available under the European Union Public License v1.2 (EUPL-1.2), or, at your option, any later version.