646e62 / legal-informatics

legal-informatics

Extracts information from written decisions in Canadian criminal cases.

Version history

V 0.4.0

• Renamed the repo "informatics" to reflect the project's broader scope
• Identified three separate projects:
  • CanLII data processor
  • Citator
  • Headnote
• Added a wiki

CanLII data processor

• Moved all of the old data processing tools to a legacy folder
  • Added the lone function from json_tools.py to api_call_tools.py and deleted the redundant file
• Future versions will be built around the new canlii_decision_* toolset
• Legacy programs have a few CanLII API-specific functions that should be useful for other programs going forward

Citator

• Created SK Decision, Legislation, and SecondarySources classes based on the 2015 Citation Guide
• Started to codify the SK Citation Guide rule set

V 0.3.2

• Download and cache documents from CanLII through the canlii_decision_retriever script using the requests library
• Extract text and itemize paragaphs using the canlii_decision_extractor script

V 0.3.1

• Federal jurisdiction code now populates properly
• Removed "Reported" header from the standard report
• "Unreported" header only prints when applicable

TODO

Functionality

• Design and implement a Decision class
• Retrieve metadata through the CanLII API
  • The legacy tools should be able to accomplish this

UX

• Make some design decisions