When to Use Spellbook's Legal Sources
Legal Sources in Ask is a strategic feature in Spellbook that allows users to ask legal questions and receive AI-generated answers grounded in trusted, jurisdiction-specific legal sources like CanLII and EDGAR.
By selecting a country and its associated legal sources via a dropdown in Spellbook Ask, you can ensure citations link to real, verifiable statutes or cases
Examples of questions to use in Spellbook's Ask feature that include legal research:
This contract contains a non-compete provision. Is this enforceable in Canada?
Is this DPA in line with the requirements of GDPR?
Party X is trying to enforce the force majeure provision of this contract. How would this provision hold up in Michigan?
What is the test to determine whether someone is an independent contractor? given the provisions of this contract, would this person classify as an independent contractor?
The lawyer for the buyer says that one sided indemnity is unconscionable under Polish law. Is this correct or is he pulling my leg?
How to Do Research with Spellbook's Legal Sources
1. Go to the Ask tab in the Spellbook Word Add-In
2. Click "Files and sources"
3. Click "Legal sources"
4. Select the appropriate source based on your jurisdiction
5. Type in the question you want to ask with the legal research function
6. See the specific sources Spellbook is pulling the information from clicking on the Researching tabs as it's answering your question
7. Once Spellbook gives you an answer, you can always see the citations within the answer that will take you to the specific source for this information.
FAQs
What legal sources are included?
We’re starting with well-known public legal databases like CanLII (Canada), AustLII (Australia), and similar reputable sources by jurisdiction. More sources will be added over time, but below is the full list today:
Current Sources
Current Sources
United States & Canada
Justice Canada — laws-lois.justice.gc.ca (Canada)
CanLII — canlii.org (Canada)
SEDAR — sedarplus.ca (Canada)
Cornell Law — law.cornell.edu (USA)
CourtListener — courtlistener.com (USA)
Case.law — case.law (USA)
EDGAR (SEC Filings) — sec.gov/search-filings (USA)
Justia — justia.com (USA)
GovInfo — govinfo.gov (USA)
House.gov (U.S. Code) — uscode.house.gov (USA)
Supreme Court — supremecourt.gov (USA)
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) — ftc.gov (USA)
Global Legal Information Institutes
WorldLII — worldlii.org
United Nations — main.un.org
CommonLII — commonlii.org
AsianLII — asianlii.org
SAFLII — saflii.org
BAILII — bailii.org
AustLII — austlii.edu.au
PacLII — paclii.org
HKLII — hklii.org
GhaLII — ghalII.org
Kenya Law — kenyalaw.org
LesothoLII — lesotholii.org
LiberLII — liberlii.org
MalawiLII — malawilii.org
NamibLII — namiblii.org
NigeriaLII — nigerialii.org
SierraLII — sierralii.org
TanzLII — tanzlii.org
ULII — ulii.org
ZambiaLII — zambialii.org
ZimLII — zimlii.org
Europe
EUR-Lex (EU Law) — eur-lex.europa.eu
Légifrance — legifrance.gouv.fr (France)
Parliament Albania — parlament.al
Government Andorra — govern.ad
Parliament Armenia — parlament.am
RIS Austria — ris.bka.gv.at
Parliament Azerbaijan — meclis.gov.az
Law Belarus — law.by
eJustice Belgium — ejustice.just.fgov.be
Registry Bosnia — regprev.dei.gov.ba
Government Bulgaria — pris.government.bg
Narodne Novine — narodne-novine.nn.hr (Croatia)
Government Cyprus — gov.cy
Czech Ministry — aplikace.mvcr.cz
Retsinformation — retsinformation.dk (Denmark)
Lovtidende — lovtidende.dk (Denmark)
Riigi Teataja — riigiteataja.ee (Estonia)
Finlex — finlex.fi (Finland)
Gesetze im Internet — gesetze-im-internet.de (Germany)
Recht Bund — recht.bund.de (Germany)
Government Greece — gov.gr
NJT Hungary — njt.hu
Althingi — althingi.is (Iceland)
Stjórnartíðindi — stjornartidindi.is (Iceland)
Irish Statute Book — irishstatutebook.ie
Normattiva — normattiva.it (Italy)
Vestnesis — vestnesis.lv (Latvia)
Likumi — likumi.lv (Latvia)
Liechtenstein — llv.li
e-TAR — e-tar.lt (Lithuania)
Legilux — legilux.public.lu (Luxembourg)
Justice Services Malta — justiceservices.gov.mt
Moldova — moldova.md
Government Monaco — gouv.mc
Government Montenegro — gov.me
Overheid Netherlands — overheid.nl
Official Gazette North Macedonia — slvesnik.com.mk
Lovdata — lovdata.no (Norway)
Sejm Poland — isap.sejm.gov.pl
Diário da República — diariodarepublica.pt (Portugal)
Monitorul Oficial — monitoruloficial.ro (Romania)
San Marino — consigliograndeegenerale.sm
Legal System Serbia — pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs
Slov-lex — slov-lex.sk (Slovakia)
Zbierka — zbierka.sk (Slovakia)
PISRS Slovenia — pisrs.si
BOE Spain — boe.es
Svensk Författningssamling — svenskforfattningssamling.se (Sweden)
Fedlex — fedlex.admin.ch (Switzerland)
Resmi Gazete — resmigazete.gov.tr (Turkey)
Rada Ukraine — zakon.rada.gov.ua
UK Legislation — legislation.gov.uk (United Kingdom)
Central & South America
SAIJ Argentina — saij.gob.ar
Government Brazil — lexml.gov.br
Chilean Library of Congress — bcn.cl/leychile
Suin-Juriscol (Colombia) — suin-juriscol.gov.co
Registro Oficial Ecuador — registroficial.gob.ec
Guyana MOLA — mola.gov.gy
Gaceta Oficial Paraguay — gacetaoficial.gov.py
El Peruano — elperuano.pe
DNA Suriname — dna.sr
IMPO Uruguay — impo.com.uy
TSJ Venezuela — tsj.gob.ve
AGM Belize — agm.gov.bz
PGR Costa Rica — pgr.go.cr
Asamblea El Salvador — asamblea.gob.sv
Legal Guatemala — legal.dca.gob.gt
Congreso Nacional Honduras — congresonacional.hn
Asamblea Nicaragua — asamblea.gob.ni
Gaceta Oficial Panama — gacetaoficial.gob.pa
DOF Mexico — dof.gob.mx
Asia & Pacific
Japanese Law — laws.e-gov.go.jp
Japanese Law Translations — japaneselawtranslation.go.jp
Middle East
Knesset — knesset.gov.il (Israel)
UAE Legislation — uaelegislation.gov.ae (United Arab Emirates)
Why are not all sources included?
We’re starting with well-known public legal databases like CanLII (Canada), AustLII (Australia), and similar reputable sources by jurisdiction. New sources will be added based on user requirements.
Will the AI also search the general web when I have legal sources selected?
No. Selecting legal sources ensures that Spellbook’s AI focuses only on these legal sources, as opposed to the general web.
Have additional questions? Please reach out to our Support team at success@spellbook.legal