◆ What is legal information data ?
Legal information data is all legal information in Korea, including laws, administrative rules, local laws, precedents, legal interpretations, administrative adjudication precedents, and Constitutional Court decisions.
The Ministry of Government Legislation has opened up approximately 3 million pieces of legal information across 12 categories, including approximately 4,500 national laws and 91,000 local ordinances from 243 local governments nationwide, through the National Legal Information Sharing Center and the Public Data Portal . Furthermore, additional information, including three-tier comparisons, comparisons of old and new laws, and legal linkage information, enables comparison and search at a glance, making all legal information readily available to anyone.
◆ What data will be opened?
The Ministry of Government Legislation's open data information table displays information on data providers, open data, number of data, and provision method. Data provider | open data | Number of data | How it's provided |
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Ministry of Government Legislation | Current laws, treaties, English laws, administrative rules, local laws, interpretation of laws, precedents, administrative adjudication precedents, constitutional court decisions, appendices/forms, legal terms, world law information, etc. | About 3 million cases | Open API
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◆ How can it be used?
The opening of legal information is expected to revitalize the private economy and increase social benefits. Through legal information, citizens will be able to resolve issues they previously overlooked due to ignorance, and easily identify and request improvements to unreasonable ordinances in their local governments.
Aspiring entrepreneurs can select startup items such as legal consulting services utilizing legal information or services that create added value by integrating information and technologies from other fields. Legal information provided through open APIs allows any organization or individual to easily create new legal-related apps and web services. Because it's linked and provided in real time, it can be utilized without additional management or updates.