---
pretty_name: French French Legislative Texts (LEGI) Dataset Dataset
configs:
- config_name: default
  data_files:
  - path: data/*parquet
    split: train
language:
- fr
task_categories:
- text-generation
- text2text-generation
- table-question-answering
- summarization
- text-retrieval
- question-answering
- text-classification
tags:
- legal
- text-generation
- conditional-text-generation
- french law
- droit français
source_datasets:
- original
multilinguality:
- monolingual
license: mit
---

# French Legislative Texts (LEGI) Dataset (14/04/2025)

## Dataset Description


The LEGI Dataset contains decisions from the French Courts of Judicial jurisprudence decisions (https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/search/juri).
This dataset is sourced from [DILA/OPENDATA/LEGI](https://echanges.dila.gouv.fr/OPENDATA/LEGI/).
This extensive collection represents the consolidated versions of French legal texts, offering a complete view of French legislation.
It is designed to assist in the analysis and extraction of legal information.

**Remarks**:
- This dataset only contains articles whose legal status (`etat`) is 'VIGUEUR'
- For an article with no scheduled date for its repeal or replacement, `date_fin` is set to '2999-01-01'.
- With the Common Internal Identifier (`cid`), the entire text of the code is accessible at the following URL: `https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/codes/texte_lc/[cid]`
- With the Internal Identifier (`id`), the full text of the article is accessible at the following URL: `https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/codes/article_lc/[id]`
        

## Source Data

The data originates from the official DILA (Direction de l'Information Légale et Administrative) platform through their open data initiative. The original data can be accessed at: [LEGI DILA Open Data Platform](<https://echanges.dila.gouv.fr/OPENDATA/LEGI/>).

### Languages

French (fr)

## Intended Uses & Limitations

### Intended Uses

- Legal text analysis and research
- Natural Language Processing tasks on French legislative documents
- Legal information retrieval systems
- Analysis of French regulatory frameworks

### Limitations

- Limited to French legislative texts
- Dependent on the structure of source Légifrance documents
- Quality of text extraction depends on the consistency of source XML formatting

### Data Splits

The dataset is provided as a single split without train/validation/test partitioning.

## Considerations for Using the Data

### Social Impact

- Improves accessibility to French legislative texts
- Enables computational analysis of legal documents
- Supports transparency in legal research

### Legal Considerations

- Usage should comply with Légifrance terms of service
- Attribution should be provided to the original source
- Users should verify the current validity of legal texts

## Additional Information

### Licensing Information

This dataset is released under the MIT License. Please refer to the license file for more details.

### Acknowledgments

- Thanks to DILA ([Direction de l'Information Légale et Administrative](https://www.dila.premier-ministre.gouv.fr/)) for making this data publicly available through their open data initiative.

- The project [La loi sous git](https://git.tricoteuses.fr/tricoteuses/a_propos) of Tricoteuses

### Citation Information

When using this dataset, please cite both:

1. The original DILA source (<https://echanges.dila.gouv.fr/OPENDATA/>)
2. This dataset processing implementation

### Contributions

Contributions to improve the dataset processing can be made through the repository's issue tracker or pull requests.