Databases
This section gathers databases and tools used in Computational and
Empirical Legal Studies. It highlights key resources that support data-driven research on laws, courts, regulations, and legal systems worldwide.
Computational & Machine Learning Resources
Title | Link | About |
|---|---|---|
TradeLab | Real-world legal research projects often using empirical evidence and practitioner engagement. | |
OECD Investment Treaty Tools | Treaty data, metadata, and policy summaries- underused resource for treaty practice analysis. | |
HUDOC – ECtHR Database | Full archive of ECHR decisions with structured filters- useful for doctrinal-empirical hybrid work. | |
ICSID Caseload Statistics | Downloadable case-level arbitration statistics for trend analysis. | |
UNCTAD Investment Dispute Navigator | Case-level ISDS database with filters by issue, industry, outcome very useful for empirical ISDS research. | |
Mapping Investment Treaties | Empirical visualization of BIT relationships and content. Excellent for treaty network and structure research. | |
UNCTAD IIA Mapping Project | Structured content analysis of 2,500+ IIAs across 100+ legal issues. Ideal for treaty-level empirical comparison. |
Legal Databases & Mapping Projects
Title | Link | About |
|---|---|---|
Data Science For Lawyers | A practical guide to Python, data science, and machine learning for lawyers. | |
ICSID Caseload Statistics | Downloadable data on international arbitration trends. | |
AI Law Tübingen | Empirical legal tech research with NLP + structured data. | |
Computational Law Lab | Research at the intersection of law, data, and computational design. | |
LLCA – Hamburg | Legal linguistics + NLP-focused law & language lab. | |
Machine Learning for Science | ML applied across disciplines — including law-related case studies. | |
CLDS – Center for Legal Data Science (UZH) | Research hub producing empirical legal data analysis. | |
Harvard Caselaw Access Project | Full-text U.S. case law from 1658–2018 — useful for historical and longitudinal studies in legal doctrine. | |
Court Listener | U.S. federal and state court opinions with API-suitable for large-scale legal prediction and citation network research. | |
LexNLP | NLP toolkit tailored to legal documents. Ideal for extracting structure from contracts, pleadings, and decisions. |