ley-ar_skill

Overview

This skill searches four Argentine legal databases (SAIJ, CSJN, JUBA, JUSCABA) for jurisprudence, legislation, case summaries, and doctrine using the ley CLI. It supports parallel multi-database queries, JSON/table/text output formats, and jurisdiction filtering. Use it to find precedents, court summaries, and statutory references relevant to Argentine matters.

How this skill works

The tool issues direct HTTP queries to each source (saij, csjn, juba, juscaba) and aggregates results in parallel. It returns structured entries (db, id, title, date, snippet, url) and can output rich tables, plain text, or JSON for scripting. The default strategy queries SAIJ and CSJN and adds JUBA for Buenos Aires Province or JUSCABA when specific case identifiers are provided.

When to use it

• Research Argentine court decisions, precedents, or jurisprudence
• Locate legislative texts or doctrinal summaries cited in cases
• Prepare memos or briefs requiring Argentine case law citations
• Verify whether a precedent exists in national or provincial databases
• Automate searches and integrate results into scripts or pipelines

Best practices

• Start with precise legal terms and narrow the query (e.g., “adverse possession property” vs. “possession”).
• Use --db to limit sources (default: saij,csjn); add juba for PBA matters and juscaba only with case IDs.
• Prefer --json for automated workflows and --text for quick copy-paste outputs.
• Respect rate limits and avoid rapid repeated queries, especially for JUBA which uses fragile scraping.
• If CSJN full texts are needed and blocked by reCAPTCHA, rely on summaries or consult the court site directly.

Example use cases

• Find Supreme Court summaries on constitutional claims using CSJN and SAIJ in parallel.
• Search Buenos Aires Province decisions about labor disputes by adding JUBA to the query.
• Produce a JSON dataset of recent civil liability rulings for ingestion into a legal research tool.
• Retrieve a specific CABA case by identifier using JUSCABA and export the URL and snippet for a brief.
• Filter search results by jurisdiction to prepare jurisdiction-specific legal memoranda.