MENA Legal Atlas
An open map of legal-data sources across the MENA region.
An open-source project by Stephane Boghossian
What It Is
A structured map of where legal data lives in the region: gazettes, consolidated legislation, apex courts and sector regulators.
Why It Was Built
Before anyone builds legal AI on regional law, they need to know where the law is published and whether a machine can reach it. The Atlas keeps what is mapped apart from what is reachable.
How It Works
- Each jurisdiction is an entry in one structured file, and scripts compile it into a readable document and a machine-readable file.
- Researchers compiled the sources and a URL-validation pass checked them. Lawyer validation for each jurisdiction is planned.
- A coverage scorecard rates where legal AI can actually work, by source depth, reachability, language and recency.
Status
Open Source
The code is public and open to read.
Build Details
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- Built With
- Python
- Covers
- 25 jurisdictions tracked