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by dgreisen 5mo ago
Regularization and refactoring is actually an integral part of most legal systems. Most jurisdictions in the US go through periodic (1-5 decade) "recodifications" of their law, where the code is reorganized to clean up all the pat
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by dgreisen 5mo ago
This is very cool, and exceptionally well-thought-out. I particularly like how they are working with the existing legal/legislative institutions to fix the issues at their source rather than creating yet another unofficial version. We&
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by dgreisen 6mo ago
Our nonprofit, Open Law Library, is working on this exact problem. It is definitely not trivial, but it is very doable. We partner directly with governments to help them implement so the git repos become the canonical record (rather than ju
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by dgreisen 2y ago
SEEKING FREELANCER | DC | Remote DC Refers is a non-profit that helps people of modest means (200-400% poverty line) find affordable legal representation. We've built out a custom Django app at dcrefers.org. We are looking for a freela
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by dgreisen 3y ago
It's fun seeing information science applied to different domains. This is very similar to the system that we've converged on over the last 100 years for legal codes with title.chapter.section (see, e.g., https://law.cit
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by dgreisen 4y ago
SEEKING FREELANCER | Washington, DC, fully remote We are looking for a part-time (20-40hrs/mo) contractor to support our open source PyGLS (the Python Generic Language Server, https://github.com/openlawlibrary/pygl
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by dgreisen 5y ago
SEEKING FREELANCER | DC | remote DC Refers is a non-profit that helps people of modest means (200-400% poverty line) find affordable legal representation. We are looking for a freelancer to help us build our referral system in Django. Email
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by dgreisen 5y ago
Open Law Library | Full Stack Python/Javascript/C# | Remote for Ukraine & Ukrainian Refugees | flexible hours Open Law Library is a nonprofit tech startup and open access legal publisher dedicated to securing digital law and m
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by dgreisen 5y ago
We've been thinking about that, and decided to err on the side of too lax than too stringent for exactly this reason. Wires to Ukrainian bank would be strong evidence. Red Cross paperwork or refugee visa also seems good enough. Honestl
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by dgreisen 5y ago
That is good to know. Unfortunately, we do not have any existing relationships.
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Ask HN: How can we pay Ukrainians to work for us?
19 points by dgreisen 5y ago|10 comments
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by dgreisen 7y ago
Our nonprofit, Open Law Library, works with governments to do exactly this. For example, the DC Council uses our software to codify and publish their laws in xml and html on github: https://github.com/dccouncil/dc-law-x
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by dgreisen 8y ago
Open Law Library | REMOTE in USA | Head of Sales and Growth Open Law Library is a technology-driven nonprofit that is building the foundational government infrastructure for the next 50 years to improve policy, citizen engagement, and gover
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by dgreisen 8y ago
We take long-term access to the law very seriously. For the reasons you give, we rely only on native git operations. PRs are a convenient interface, nothing more.
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by dgreisen 8y ago
There are a number of technical limitations to gpg signatures. Your hypothetical attacker who has access to github can simply add his/her key and show up as a verified committer. gpg signatures have many other issues including metadata
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by dgreisen 8y ago
It is. Ping me at dgreisen (at) openlawlib.org if you're interested in helping out.
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by dgreisen 8y ago
We have internal systems that allow us to audit/authenticate the repository. We will be deploying a cryptographic authentication framework based on TUF in Q1 2019 that will make it possible for _anybody_ to audit/authenticate the
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by dgreisen 8y ago
We are in talks with several international governments. We would be delighted to help your country! The system does not in any way change the legislative process, so you cannot use a pull request to make any substantive change to the law. T
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by dgreisen 8y ago
Even if the canonical copy were hosted on the Council's website, you would still be trusting the hosting provider, the DNS system, and the certificate authority - all private entities. What is needed is cryptographic authentication so
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by dgreisen 8y ago
As with most things in the law, it is complicated. The District legislative process shares many similarities to the federal government's. They pass laws, which are the official representation of the will of the Council. These laws are
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by dgreisen 8y ago
Hi all, I'm a co-founder of Open Law Library, the non-profit that built the platform DC uses to codify and publish their laws. We were so excited when we saw a member of the public make a PR. I'm happy to answer any questions.
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by dgreisen 10y ago
This is one of the tools we are building at Open Law Library. Open Law Draft is a linter that finds common errors in draft bills right in Word as they are being drafted. Fixing the error before the bill becomes law is much easier than havin
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by dgreisen 10y ago
There are several places where I strongly believe that access to the law can meaningfully improve access to justice. And I hope, through our work at Open Law Library, we can show this to be true. 1) Educated lay-people. If you have good rea
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by dgreisen 10y ago
Another co-founder of Open Law Library, here. This is precisely what we are doing - building a patch-based xml database of the law. However, we are building a general tool that can work with the vast majority of state and local jurisdiction
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by dgreisen 10y ago
Open Law Library | JS/Python dev; C# lead dev | openlawlib.org | U.S. REMOTE | $80-130k Open Law Library is a small nonprofit tech startup and open access legal publisher dedicated to making the law accessible to all. We are taking the
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by dgreisen 11y ago
The key sentence: We are like a thirsty town, desperate for a new water supply. Our human inclination is to talk ourselves into believing the mirage. Add in the inevitable snake oil salesmen... As scientists, the more we desperately, wish f