SH108/german-court-decisions

---
license: mit
task_categories:
- text-classification
language:
- de
tags:
- legal
pretty_name: german_court_decisions
size_categories:
- 10K<n<100K
---
# Dataset Card for german-court-decisions
60k judicial decisions in Germany retrieved on January 1, 2024.

# Dataset Description

**Language(s) (NLP):** German<br>
**License:** MIT

Copyright notice: Automated retrieval of decisions from federal and state databases in Germany is permitted for non-commercial purposes only. As a result, the use of this dataset is permitted for non-commercial purposes only.

## Uses

Prediction of verdicts based on statement of facts.

### Direct Use

Classification convicted/dismissed etc.

### Out-of-Scope Use

Text generation of verdicts based on statement of facts.

## Dataset Structure

```
features: ['court', 'state', 'date', 'offense', 'decision', 'costs to defendant', 'convicted', 'costs to plaintiff', 'dismissed']
```

```court```: &emsp;court name (string), e.g. 'AG Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler'; may be empty if it does not match the search mask<br>
```state```: &emsp;federated state (string), e.g. 'Brandenburg', 'Berlin', ... , 'Thüringen' <br>
```date```: &emsp;date (string), e.g. '03.04.2013'; may be empty if it does not match the search mask<br>
```offense```: &emsp;statement of facts (string; _Tatbestand_ in German)<br>
```decision```: &emsp;verdict (string; _Tenor_ in German)<br>

```costs to defendant```: &emsp;Boolean (0/1), text phrase detection (see data processing below)<br>
```convicted```: &emsp;Boolean (0/1), text phrase detection (see data processing below)<br>
```costs to plaintiff```: &emsp;Boolean (0/1), text phrase detection (see data processing below)<br>
```dismissed```: &emsp;Boolean (0/1), text phrase detection (see data processing below)<br>

## Dataset Creation, Data Collection and Processing

Data creation: &emsp;Federal governments in Germany<br>
Data collection: &emsp;[github.com/niklaswais/gesp](https://github.com/niklaswais/gesp) on January 1, 2024<br>
Data processing: &emsp;[github.com/SH-108/german_court_decisions](https://github.com/SH-108/german_court_decisions/blob/main/postprocess_court_decisions.ipynb)

原始信息汇总

数据集卡片 for german-court-decisions

数据集描述

语言(NLP): 德语
许可证: MIT
版权声明: 仅允许非商业用途使用。

用途

直接用途

• 根据事实陈述预测判决结果，如定罪/驳回等。

超出范围的用途

• 根据事实陈述生成判决文本。

数据集结构

特征

• court: 法院名称 (字符串)
• state: 联邦州 (字符串)
• date: 日期 (字符串)
• offense: 事实陈述 (字符串)
• decision: 判决 (字符串)
• costs to defendant: 被告费用 (布尔值 0/1)
• convicted: 定罪 (布尔值 0/1)
• costs to plaintiff: 原告费用 (布尔值 0/1)
• dismissed: 驳回 (布尔值 0/1)

数据集创建、数据收集和处理

数据创建

• 德国联邦政府

数据收集

• 2024年1月1日从github.com/niklaswais/gesp收集

数据处理

• 使用github.com/SH-108/german_court_decisions进行处理