Analyze judicial decisions from Bundesgerichtshof (BGH)

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For the project openlegaldata.io we collected 10,000 judicial decisions (Urteile) from Germany's highest court the Bundesgerichtshof (BGH). The collected data is available over a RESTful API and bulk downloads can be also provided if needed. In the data you can most probably find some interesting stories which are worth researching. Are German judges more lenient after lunch time? Or how is the jurisdiction changing over the years? To discover these hidden gems we just need to start searching.

For instance, you could analyze what terms are most frequently used by the BGH judges:

But you probably can think about more exciting analyses. Be creative and feel free to talk to us about your ideas!

Summary:

• Data: http://openlegaldata.io/research/2019/02/19/court-decision-dataset.html
• Text analysis of judicial decisions
• Some legal knowledge useful but not required
• Data mining
• Visualizations
• RESTful API + Python SDK available
• Inspiration: Empirical SCOTUS https://empiricalscotus.com/

Contact person: @malteos