nswcaselaw 0.1.1

Toolkit for working with NSW CaseLaw decisions

nswcaselaw

A Python toolkit for downloading and extracting textual data from the NSW CaseLaw website at https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/

Usage

Sample usage in Python code or a Jupyter notebook:

from nswcaselaw.search import Search
import json

query = Search(courts=[13], catchwords="succession")

for decision in query.results():
    decision.fetch()
    print(json.dumps(decision.values, indent=2))

CLI tool

To generate a CSV of search results:

nswcaselaw --courts 13 --catchwords succession --output cases.csv

To download complete decisions as JSON documents:

nswcaselaw --courts 13 --catchwords succession --output cases.csv  --downloads ./decisions

To list available courts and tribunals (NOTE: full web scraping is only tested on Supreme Court decisions):

nswcaselaw --list courts
nswcaselaw --list tribunals

Note

This project has been set up using PyScaffold 4.3. For details and usage information on PyScaffold see https://pyscaffold.org/.