Research & Insights

How the corpus is built, and how to read it

Methodology writing, jurisdiction explainers and platform notes. Editorial insight publishing is being prepared; what follows is the reference material that governs every record in the corpus.

How a record is verified

A record moves from identified source to verified content only after the publisher, the instrument and the text have been checked by a reviewer. Until then it carries an unverified state and is labelled as such wherever it appears.

Source identity is checked against the official publisher, not a secondary copy.
The text is checked against the instrument it claims to be.
A reviewer other than the contributor makes the publication decision.

Reading a citation

A citation link is a claim about a relationship between two authorities. Kesalori records the relationship, the passage it was drawn from, and whether the link has been resolved to a record.

Unresolved and ambiguous links are shown as such, never silently dropped.
The treatment type (follows, distinguishes, overrules) is recorded, not inferred from proximity.
A link is not a statement of legal effect until verified.

What coverage means

Coverage describes verified content, jurisdiction by jurisdiction. The registry covers 54 jurisdictions; the corpus behind it does not yet, and the gap is reported rather than hidden.

Country profiles state verified counts and the date of last verification.
Historical depth differs by publisher and is noted on the record.
Where a source is not connected, the research surface says so.

Jurisdiction explainers

Start from a country profile

Each profile sets out the legal system, the official publishers and the verified coverage for that jurisdiction.

Browse jurisdictions

Read the sources, not just the summary.

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