Legal Research covers case law, statutes, regulations, and legislation across 15+ jurisdictions — US, UK, India, Germany, Canada, Netherlands, EU, Japan, and more. It's a single tool for searching court decisions, federal regulations, Congressional bills, state legislation, dockets, and judge records.
Legal research normally means navigating multiple separate databases depending on the jurisdiction and document type. This tool normalizes access across them: search cases, drill into full text, trace citations, find the current version of a regulation, or check what bills a state legislature has passed — all without switching platforms.
What you can do
- Search case law across US, UK, India, Germany, Canada, and Netherlands courts
- Get full case details, text, and citation networks
- Search legislation across UK, US, EU, Germany, Japan, Canada, Poland, and Sweden
- Search federal regulations (CFR), Regulations.gov, FDA, EPA, and vehicle safety databases
- Search Congressional bills, the US Code, and all 50 state legislatures
- Look up court dockets and judge profiles
Who it's for
Lawyers and paralegals doing case and statutory research. Compliance teams monitoring regulatory changes. Policy researchers and journalists tracking legislation. Law students building research skills across multiple jurisdictions.
How to use it
- Use search_cases with a country code (US/UK/IN/DE/CA/NL) and keywords to find relevant cases
- Call case_details with a case ID for the full text and metadata
- Use citation_analysis to map how a case has been cited
- Use search_legislation with a country code for statutory research, then legislation_details for the full text
- Use the regulatory skills (search_cfr, search_fda, search_epa) for US administrative law
Getting started
search_cases and search_legislation work immediately with no credentials for most jurisdictions. Connect optional API keys for higher rate limits and access to dockets, state bills, and judge records.
