lexnlp.extract.en.regulations: Extracting regulatory references

The lexnlp.extract.en.regulations module contains methods that allow for the extraction of regulations references from text. Examples include:

  • 55 CFR 77a-22B

  • 123 U.S.C § 456

  • Pub. L. 123-456

The full list of current unit test cases can be found here: https://github.com/LexPredict/lexpredict-lexnlp/tree/master/test_data/lexnlp/extract/en/tests/test_regulations

Extracting constraints

Example

>>> import lexnlp.extract.en.regulations
>>> text = "Pursuant to 123 CFR 456, Provider shall"
>>> print(list(lexnlp.extract.en.regulations.get_regulations(text)))
[('Code of Federal Regulations', '123 CFR 456')]
>>> text = "As enacted in Pub. L. 555-666"
>>> print(list(lexnlp.extract.en.regulations.get_regulations(text)))
[('no less than', 'the rate shall be', '')]

Customizing regulation extraction

Note

The LexPredict Legal Dictionary repository contains a large number of additional regulatory citations and resources. See, for example, the file below for a list of US State code citations, e.g., Ill. Comp. Stat. or Mo. Rev. Stat: https://github.com/LexPredict/lexpredict-legal-dictionary/blob/master/en/legal/us_state_code_citations.csv