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===== Case Success ===== | This is a [[event:2013-09|LegalHack@OKCon 2013]] challenge |
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This is a [[event:2013-09|LegalHack@OKCon 2013]] challenge. | ====== Case Success ====== |
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Every case is unique. | Every case is unique. |
It is often difficult for a lawyer to answer one of the most pressing question of his client: What are my chances of success if we go to court (or if I plea non-guilty)? The challenge is to provide lawyers and clients with an accurate //base rate// of success or //average amount// for a similar claim. At the end of the day, the decision is always taken by a judge on the basis of the evidence and arguments in front of him. However, when you have a database of thousands of these decisions, you can start seeing trends and probablities. | It is often difficult for a lawyer to answer one of the most pressing question of his client: What are my chances of success if we go to court (or if I plea non-guilty)? The challenge is to provide lawyers and clients with an accurate //base rate// of success or //average amount// for a similar claim. At the end of the day, the decision is always taken by a judge on the basis of the evidence and arguments in front of him. However, when you have a database of thousands of these decisions, you can start seeing trends and probablities. |
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Reference links and data sources: | Law case databases like [[http://www.canlii.org/en/|CanLii from Canada]] (also see [[http://beta.canlii.org/fr/international.html|Beta Site]]) offer exhaustive decisions from a certain court for a certain period of times. What kind of metadata would allow easily to compile such statistics? |
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* Law case databases like [[http://www.canlii.org/en/|CanLii from Canada]] (also see [[http://beta.canlii.org/fr/international.html|Beta Site]]) offer exhaustive decisions from a certain court for a certain period of times. What kind of metadata would allow easily to compile such statistics? | |
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Example use cases: | Example use cases: |
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- **Criminal law:** What is the success rate of a //right to self-defense// strategy in case of assault? What is the average sentence? How many cases go to appeal? | * **Criminal law:** What is the success rate of a //right to self-defense// strategy in case of assault? What is the average sentence? How many cases go to appeal? |
- **Civil law:** What is the base rate of success for a criminal damage (//dommage-intérêts//) claim in case of property damages caused by a dog? In case of success, what is the average amount of criminal damage granted by the judge? | * **Civil law:** What is the base rate of success for a (//dommage-intérêts//) claim in case of property damages caused by a dog? In case of success, what is the average amount of damages granted by the judge? |
- **Building trust:** clients of lawyers could take more well-advised decisions when it comes to "should we try to settle out of court or not" (for civil law cases). | * **Building trust:** clients of lawyers could take more well-advised decisions when it comes to "should we try to settle out of court or not" (for civil law cases). |
- **Research**: it can be extremely valuable for policy-makers and researchers to have the ability to easily cross reference a large amount of case data. | * **Research**: it can be extremely valuable for policy-makers and researchers to have the ability to easily cross reference a large amount of case data. |
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Suggested goals: | === Hackathon goals === |
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- Create a database with parties names, status (plaintiff or defendant) and the result (who won the case); | - Create a database with parties names, status (plaintiff or defendant) and the result (who won the case); |
- Create a website where the user can query his chances of success; | - Create a website where the user can query his chances of success; |
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At first, you can accomplish these three goals regarding one specific legal action (example: civil liability claims for damages caused by an animal) in front of a specific jurisdiction (example: Cour du Québec). If the three goals are too easy, the ultimate goal would be to extend to multiple legal actions or multiple jurisdictions. | We could start with these three goals regarding one specific legal action (example: civil liability claims for damages caused by an animal) in front of a specific jurisdiction (example: Cour du Québec). If the goals are too easy, the ultimate goal would be to extend to multiple legal actions or multiple jurisdictions. |
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====== Project ===== | ====== Project ===== |
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* Add any data sources you end up using in this project. | * Add any data sources you end up using in this project. |
| * Info => https://www.paisa.co/credit-card/rbl-bank-crossword-rewards-credit-card |
===== Team ===== | ===== Team ===== |
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