Legal Taxonomy
A map of legal concepts, linked by what you need to understand first.
What It Is
Legal Taxonomy breaks the law into single teachable ideas. Each idea is a node. The links between nodes say what to understand first, what an idea is an exception to, and which idea plays the same role in another country's law.
Why We Are Researching It
A flat list of statutes does not show how legal ideas depend on one another. We are researching whether a graph of concepts can help a person or a model work through a legal question in a sensible order.
How It Works
- Each concept has a plain-language definition, a worked example and a reasoning prompt.
- Prerequisite links give every concept a learning path, so the graph shows what to read first.
- Language-model agents drafted the entries, and separate reviewer agents checked them against sources. Authoring and reviewing were never the same pass.
- Most concepts still carry an open review flag, and each country's entries need sign-off from a lawyer there before anyone relies on them. It is a research tool, not legal advice.
Status
In Research
In research. There is no public release yet.
Build Details
- Format
- A graph stored as plain JSON
- Access
- Internal