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Regards Citoyens: How GitLaw turns the French parliamentary process into open data

Posted on July 1, 2014 by

Regards Citoyens — a French parliamentary monitoring organization — has posted How GitLaw turns the French parliamentary process into open data, at the Sunlight Foundation Blog. Here are excerpts from the post: […] Initiated in 2011, the Law Factory project … Continue reading →

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Bruce on GitLaw

Posted on June 17, 2013 by

Tom Bruce of the Legal Information Institute has posted GitHub: It Ain’t Magic Pixie Dust, at his blog, b-screeds. Here are excerpts: These days, people are sticking legislation into GitHub at a furious pace. It is all the rage among … Continue reading →

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GitLaw in Germany: Deutsche Bundesgesetze- und verordnungen im Markdown auf GitHub = German Federal Laws and Regulations in Markdown on GitHub

Posted on August 8, 2012 by

German federal laws and regulations appear to have been marked up in Markdown format and placed on GitHub, at https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze#german-federal-laws-and-regulations. According to the project’s ReadMe, “The source is the XML version of the laws from http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de “ Scrapers and other … Continue reading →

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Hagan: Githubbing Law: Open-source legal doc repositories

Posted on August 8, 2014 by

Margaret Hagan of Stanford University has posted Githubbing Law: Open-source legal doc repositories, at Open Law Lab. Here are excerpts from the post: […] So could the Github model be applied to legal professionals’ work, or how the legal services … Continue reading →

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Kuhlman: legal-markdown Ruby gem

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

Casey Kuhlman, Esq., of Watershed Legal Services has posted legal-markdown to GitHub. Here are excerpts from the readme: This gem was built specifically to empower the creation of structured legal documents using markdown, and a markdown renderer. This gem acts … Continue reading →

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New Zealand statutes on GitHub

Posted on January 26, 2013 by

I just learned that developer Brenda Wallace has posted many New Zealand statutes to GitHub. The statutes appear to have been posted in 2010, and it’s unclear whether they have been updated since. This repository is another example of GitLaw. … Continue reading →

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French Constitution and Codes Available in Bulk on GitHub

Posted on October 6, 2012 by

Full text of the French Constitution and Codes, in ASCII .txt format, have been made available for bulk download on GitHub, by Legifrance. Respecting the Constitution, texts available include: Déclaration des Droits de l’Homme et du Citoyen de 1789 Préambule … Continue reading →

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Wonderlich on Legislative Collaboration and Version Control

Posted on September 28, 2012 by

John Wonderlich of the Sunlight Foundation has an interesting new post entitled On Legislative Collaboration and Version Control, at the Sunlight Foundation Blog. He writes: Proponents of applying version control systems to law have a powerful vision: a bill or … Continue reading →

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Moore on an Open Version Control System for Legislation

Posted on May 23, 2012 by

David Moore of Participatory Politics Foundation (PPF) has posted Yes, let’s stride towards an open VCS for legislation (or, GitHub for laws on OC), at the OpenCongress Blog. David’s post is a response to Abe Voelker’s recent post entitled GitLaw: … Continue reading →

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Voelker on GitHub for Laws and Legal Documents

Posted on May 13, 2012 by

Abe Voelker of the Wisconsin Court System has posted GitLaw: GitHub for Laws and Legal Documents – a Tourniquet for American Liberty, at his blog. In this post, Mr. Voelker advocates creating a version-control and version-tracking system for U.S. federal … Continue reading →

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