---
license: cc-by-sa-4.0
language:
- fr
pretty_name: Law & decision from French justice system
tags:
- justice
- law
- legal
size_categories:
- 100K<n<1M
---

# Dataset Card for French Legal Dataset

## Dataset Description

The dataset contains a comprehensive collection of French legal books, codes, and appellate court decisions. It encompasses the following:

- 150,938 rows -> 140,000 articles of laws, decrees, and orders from the 78 French books and codes, covering all legal domains. The total number of pages is approximately 35,000.
- 191,741 rows -> 53,000 appellate court decisions spanning from 2013 to the present day. The dataset includes a wide range of cases and legal opinions. The total number of pages is approximately 150,000.
- 1,621 rows -> 1,621 definitions and abbreviations commonly used in legal texts, aiding in understanding and interpreting the legal terminology.s used in legal texts.
  
Total: 344,300 rows

Line breaks are included in the legal texts. They are necessary to maintain the indentations and paragraphs mentioned in other laws and court decisions.


### Languages

The dataset is in French only.

## Dataset Structure

```
{
  "instruction":"Code du travail > Partie l\u00e9gislative > Livre III : Les institutions repr\u00e9sentatives du personnel > Titre Ier : Comit\u00e9 social et \u00e9conomique > Chapitre IV : Composition, \u00e9lections et mandat > Section 1 : Composition > Article L2314-2 (Loi)",
  "input":"Je souhaite l'Article L2314-2 du Code du travail",
  "output":"Voici l'Article L2314-2 du Code du travail: Sous r\u00e9serve des dispositions applicables dans les entreprises de moins de trois cents salari\u00e9s, pr\u00e9vues \u00e0 l'article L. 2143-22, chaque organisation syndicale repr\u00e9sentative dans l'entreprise ou l'\u00e9tablissement peut d\u00e9signer un repr\u00e9sentant syndical au comit\u00e9. Il assiste aux s\u00e9ances avec voix consultative. Il est choisi parmi les membres du personnel de l'entreprise et doit remplir les conditions d'\u00e9ligibilit\u00e9 au comit\u00e9 social et \u00e9conomique fix\u00e9es \u00e0 l'article L. 2314-19."
},
```

### Data Fields

 - `instruction`:
    - French books and codes -> hierarchy from law text:
      "Code pénal > Partie législative > Livre II : Des crimes et délits contre les personnes > Titre II : Des atteintes à la personne humaine > Chapitre Ier : Des atteintes à la vie de la personne > Section 2 : Des atteintes involontaires à la vie > Article 221-6"
    - Court decisions -> location, chamber, decision number, decision date, part:
      "Cour d'appel de Paris I5, Cour de cassation Chambre commerciale financière et économique, décision 18-13.763 du 14/04/2021, partie 1"
 - `input`:
    - French books and codes -> questions with multiple variations, such as: "What does Article XX of Code XX say?"
    - Court decisions -> empty
 - `output`:
    - French books and codes -> laws text
    - Court decisions -> decisions text

The text has been limited/split to approximately 820 words per row, with an average of 1500 tokens (French -> Falcon tokenizer). The goal is to not exceed 2048 tokens, with a margin of error.

## Dataset Creation

### Source Data

#### Initial Data Collection and Normalization

 - All French codes (PDF): https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/liste/code?etatTexte=VIGUEUR&etatTexte=VIGUEUR_DIFF
 - Court decisions from JUDILIBRE API: https://piste.gouv.fr/index.php?option=com_apiportal&view=apitester&usage=api&apitab=tests&apiName=JUDILIBRE&apiId=b6d2f389-c3ec-4eb3-9075-bc24d0783781&managerId=2&type=rest&apiVersion=1.0.0&Itemid=265&swaggerVersion=2.0&lang=fr
 
#### Who are the source language producers?

Comming directly from French justice system.


## Additional Information

### Licensing Information

The dataset is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License