metadata

task_categories:
  - fill-mask
language:
  - de
tags:
  - legal
  - case_law
  - german
pretty_name: EUR-Lex Case Law Dump
size_categories:
  - 1K<n<10K
license: cc0-1.0

German Case Law Dump

This dataset contains 3,358 documents of European court decisions (as of July 31, 2025) collected from the EUR-Lex website.

Dataset Structure

The dataset is provided in JSONL (JSON Lines) format.
Each line represents a single case law.

Features

Each JSON object contains the following fields:

Titel: Title of the legal document
Untertitel: Subtitle, if available
CELEX-Nummer: Unique identifier in the CELEX database
Ausgangsdokument: Original source reference
Verfahrensnummer: Identifier of the legislative procedure
Ursprünglicher Verweis: First reference to the document in EU registers
Verabschiedete Rechtsakte: Legal acts adopted as a result of this document
Letzte konsolidierte Fassung: Reference to the most recent consolidated version
Verfahrensstand: Current status of the procedure
ECLI-Identifikator: European Case Law Identifier (if applicable)
Umgesetzte(r) Rechtsakt(e): Legal acts implemented by this document
Datum des Dokuments: Date of issue
Autor: Authoring institution or body
In-Kraft-Indikator: Whether the act is currently in force
Seitenzahl: Number of pages
Fundstelle im Amtsblatt: Citation in the Official Journal of the EU
Text: Full text of the legal document