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--- project:legal:casesuccess [2013/09/06 17:40] – created loleg
+++ project:legal:casesuccess [2018/11/13 14:47] (current) – [Data] alicesmith
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-===== Case Success =====
+This is a [[event:2013-09|LegalHack@OKCon 2013]] challenge
-This is a [[event:2013-09|LegalHack@OKCon 2013]] challenge.
+====== Case Success ======
 Every case is unique.
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 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.
-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?
-  * 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?
+Example use cases:
-Examples:
+  * **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 (//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).
+  * **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.
-  - Criminal law: What is the success rate of a ""right to self-defense"" defense in case of assault? What is the average sentence? ... How many cases go to appeal?
+=== Hackathon goals ===
-  - 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?
-  - This information could help build trust between lawyers and clients; Clients could also take more well-advised decisions when it comes to "should we try to settle out of court or not" (for civil law cases). Also, it can be extremely valuable for policy-makers and researchers.
-Suggested goals:
+  - Create a database with parties names, status (plaintiff or defendant) and the result (who won the case);
+  - Push the database forward by including the amount of the claim and the result;
+  - Create a website where the user can query his chances of success;
-  - What is the success rate of a "right to self-defense" defense in case of assault? (in front of a specific court, for a specific territorial jurisdiction)
+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.
-  - Identify metadata that could allow to seek this kind of information easily. Identify metadata that could allow a more granular research.
-  - Scale the Hackday goal 1 solution to another jurisdiction.
 ====== Project =====
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 Brief description of your hackday results goes here. Add sections below if you need more room.
-Include links to your demo and/or source code.
+Include links to your demo and/or [[http://debtpro.co/debt-relief-scams-tips-to-avoid-protect/|source]] code.
 ===== Data =====