AustLII's DataLex can be used to develop legal reasoning applications in areas such as legal advisory services, regulatory compliance, decision support and Rules as Code. AustLII is a joint facility of UTS and UNSW Faculties of Law.
DataLex Development Tools DataLex on AustLII CommunitiesThe following applications ('apps') are of varying degrees of detail and demonstrate DataLex features.
This app relates to the Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Act 2020 with a focus on "non-core foreign arrangements" (those that apply to Australian public universities)
Run consultationThis example is based on the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, Part IVBA Digital Platforms, Divisions 1 to 3 inserted by the Treasury Laws Amendment (News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code) Act 2021.
Run consultationThis example is based on the Community Gaming Regulation 2020 (NSW). Parts of the app can also be run from the 'Consult' option on any section of the Regulation.
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This example is based on the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth), and can also be run from the sections of the Act. It is an example of coding the whole of an Act.
Run consultationDataLex supports document assembly and generation using rules or templates or both. This simple example generates an Non-Disclosure Agreement and supporting documents.
Run consultationDataLex can be used to build chatbots and other decision-tree-based systems. This example is based on a system built by Aoife Moore (Open University Law School Digital Justice Project) concerning Occupation Orders under ss33-38 of the UK Family Law Act 1996.
Run consultationDataLex Application Development Tools provide import, edit and pre-preprocessing functions which assist app creation and testing.
Try this outUsing the same codebase, the following apps demonstrate the different interfaces and themes that can be developed:
The following Community Gaming Regulation apps demonstrate the different interfaces and themes that can be developed using the same codebase.
Potential developers interested in developing large-scale collaborative projects based on DataLex technologies may wish to consider building applications within the AustLII Communities platform which provides hosting facilities and additional tools.
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