Description

This Python script leverages the following tools for processing and validating legal citations:

• eyecite: For citation extraction.
• requests: For fetching data from the Court Listener API.
• OpenAI's gpt-4-1106-preview model: For analyzing factual accuracy and compliance with the 21st edition of the Legal Bluebook.

The script's primary function is to clean and extract legal citations from text, validate their accuracy and compliance with legal standards via the GPT-4 model, enrich them with external case data from the Court Listener API, and display these details efficiently using multi-threading.

Features

• Citation Extraction: Extracts legal citations from text using eyecite.
• Data Fetching: Fetches case data from the Court Listener API.
• GPT-4 Analysis: Parses citations for factual accuracy and Bluebook compliance using GPT-4.
• Threading: Processes citations in batches concurrently for efficiency.
• Logging Setup: Configures the logging to report at the INFO level, which will include informational messages about the program's execution (e.g., when handling citations).
• OpenAI Client Initialization: Creates an instance of the OpenAI client to interact with the OpenAI API (presumably GPT-4).

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• eyecite library
• openai library
• requests library
• threading library
• logging library
• Internet connection for API access

Setup

1. Install required Python libraries:

bashpip install eyecite openai requests threading logging

1. Set up OpenAI API key as per OpenAI's documentation.

Usage

1. Import the script functions into your Python environment.
2. Provide the text with legal citations to the check_citations function.
3. Retrieve and review the results.

Example

pythonexample_text = "As held in Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), privacy rights are fundamental. See also Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1993)." citation_results = check_citations(example_text) for citation_text, gpt4_feedback, court_listener_data in citation_results: print(f"Citation: {citation_text}\\nGPT-4 Feedback: {gpt4_feedback}\\nCourt Listener Data: {court_listener_data}\\n")

Function Descriptions

• gpt4_parse_citations: Parses legal citations using GPT-4.
• fetch_case_data_from_court_listener: Fetches case data from Court Listener API.
• process_citations_batch: Processes a batch of citations.
• check_citations: Main function to check citations in a given text.

Logging

Basic logging is set up to track the process and handle any errors.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.