Legal research

Ask a legal question and ZeroLog searches supported primary legal sources. Answers include citations you can open and review.

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How a legal question is answeredYour question is searched in a shared corpus of primary legal texts. If the retrieved passages are really about the question, the answer cites them and ZeroLog adds a notice that this is not legal advice. If not, ZeroLog says the sources do not cover the question.yesnoYour legal question(needs the permission)Search the shared corpusCH, FR, IT, EU, US, CAPassages really aboutyour question?Answer with citationsyou can open and reviewNotice added by ZeroLog:not legal adviceSays the sources do notcover your question
An answer is only written when the retrieved passages match the question; otherwise ZeroLog says the corpus does not cover it.
Diagram as text
  1. You ask a legal question. The feature needs the matching account permission.
  2. ZeroLog searches its shared corpus of primary legal texts: Switzerland, France, Italy, the EU, the USA and Canada.
  3. It checks that the passages are really about your question, not merely sharing a word with it.
  4. If they are, the answer cites them, with sources you can open.
  5. ZeroLog itself adds the notice that this is research, not legal advice.
  6. If they are not, ZeroLog says the available sources do not cover your question.

Source coverage

The sources are a fixed, shared collection of primary legal texts, not the live web. It holds Swiss, French, Italian, EU, US and Canadian material, in different depth. Coverage varies by jurisdiction and topic.

Before an answer is written, the retrieved passages have to match what your question is actually about. If they do not, ZeroLog says the available sources do not cover your question instead of presenting an unsupported answer.

Review the answer

Open the citations and read the source text for yourself. Use the answer as a starting point for research, not as a decision about your situation.

Before you act

This is legal research, not legal advice. The answer does not know your full facts and has not been reviewed by a lawyer. ZeroLog adds this notice to every answer itself. Speak with a qualified lawyer before acting on it.