Research guide
Coverage is shown, not assumed.
The intended workflow is search → permitted case metadata in Legicus → open the provider's original source. A provider name in a menu does not mean live search is available.
Current release status: NO RELEASE. Live provider access and the release gates have not been verified. The table describes the implemented architecture and its known gaps, not a promise of available results.
| Country | Investigated adapter | Current limitation |
|---|---|---|
| India | eCourtsIndia | Requires partner credentials, product-use rights, and a validated original-record link. |
| United States | CourtListener / RECAP | Requires an authorized token and applicable product/search/display/link rights. |
| United Kingdom | Find Case Law | Requires a documented decision on this product's automated-query pattern and attribution. |
| Australia | AustLII | Coverage gap: no permitted structured machine-search contract verified for this adapter. |
| Canada | CanLII; separately A2AJ | CanLII coverage gap: its documented API does not provide keyword case search. A2AJ has a separate search adapter, but product permission and safely linkable original-source records remain unverified. |
How to interpret a result
- Choose a country and a provider. If runtime status is unavailable or not enabled, Legicus should not submit a provider search.
- When an approved provider responds, Legicus displays bounded metadata such as title, citation, court, date and source link. It does not store or reproduce the full judgment as a case-search result.
- Open the original provider record and verify its identity, current status, jurisdiction and relevance. If the original link fails validation, do not substitute a guessed URL.
- If authorized, select a reference for the correct Matter, add why it matters, then record a separate human review. A saved or accepted reference is not automatically authoritative.
Unavailable is not “no cases found”
A coverage gap means the adapter lacks a permitted search operation. An authorization error means the required access has not been approved. A rate limit or upstream failure means the provider could not complete that request. Zero results is meaningful only after an enabled provider actually completes a permitted query. Do not treat any of these as a legal conclusion.
For the human-review workflow, see the attorney guide. For definitions of “metadata,” “original source,” and “Matter,” see terms explained.