The law isn't just what's on the statute book, it has to be read in the context of case law (at least in jurisdictions that use a common law system), which evol

The law isn't just what's on the statute book, it has to be read in the context of case law (at least in jurisdictions that use a common law system), which evolves over time and can vary based on the individual facts of the case. That said, things like that do exist - the UK's entire statute book (well, almost) is available online,[0] free of charge and via a RESFTful API in machine-readable formats.[1] Likewise, the German federal government publishes the law in XML, and there's even a markdown representation available on github.[2] [0] http://legisltion.gov.uk/ http://legisltion.gov.uk/ [1] http://www.legislation.gov.uk/developer/formats http://www.legislation.gov.uk/developer/formats [2] https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze