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Legal Source Library

Legal Source Library

Source-grounded legal analysis for contracts, compliance, arbitration, digital identity, and cross-border evidence.

ContractBot uses structured legal source categories to support clause maps, legal routing, risk detection, and review workflows. This page explains the source categories used to structure analysis. It is not a substitute for legal advice and does not guarantee enforceability in every jurisdiction.

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International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

Reference logic for arbitration clauses, forum selection, evidence handling, and enforcement pathways.

Examples of sources

  • New York Convention 1958
  • UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration
  • UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules
  • ICC Arbitration Rules
  • SCC Arbitration Rules
  • Danish Institute of Arbitration Rules
  • Vienna International Arbitral Centre / VIAC Rules
  • IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest
  • IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence
  • Hague Choice of Court Convention
  • Singapore Convention on Mediation

How ContractBot uses it

Used to review arbitration clauses, governing law choices, dispute forum logic, neutrality of forum, institutional arbitration selection, enforcement risk, evidence handling, and escalation to lawyer review.

When expert review is needed

Cross-border disputes, interim measures, local court support, sovereign or regulated parties, award enforcement, and high-value forum choices may require qualified legal review.

Source category

Cross-Border Contract Law & Jurisdiction

Examples of sources

  • Rome I Regulation
  • Rome II Regulation where relevant
  • Brussels I Recast Regulation
  • CISG where relevant
  • National contract law modules for Denmark, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Norway, Ukraine and other supported jurisdictions
  • Mandatory law, consumer, employment, and tenancy carve-outs where relevant

How ContractBot uses it

Used for governing law review, jurisdiction flags, mandatory law alerts, cross-border enforceability, and country-specific contract routing.

When expert review is needed

Local court practice, mandatory protections, employment or tenancy rules, consumer exposure, and multi-country performance should be reviewed by a qualified lawyer.

Source category

GDPR & Data Protection

Examples of sources

  • GDPR Regulation (EU) 2016/679
  • EDPB guidelines
  • Standard Contractual Clauses
  • Data Processing Agreements
  • Controller / processor qualification
  • International data transfers
  • Breach notification
  • DPIA triggers where relevant

How ContractBot uses it

Used for DPA review, data processing clauses, transfer-risk flags, confidentiality clauses, processor obligations, breach notification duties, and privacy-related lawyer-review triggers.

When expert review is needed

International transfers, special category data, joint controllership, breach response, DPIA duties, and sector-specific privacy obligations may require qualified legal review.

Source category

eIDAS, EUDI & Digital Trust

Examples of sources

  • eIDAS Regulation
  • eIDAS 2.0 / European Digital Identity framework
  • EUDI Wallet architecture references
  • Qualified electronic signatures
  • Electronic seals
  • Electronic timestamps
  • Qualified trust service providers
  • PAdES / XAdES / CAdES
  • ETSI trust service standards

How ContractBot uses it

Used for digital signature validity, credential verification, document proof, audit trail logic, trust evidence, and verification endpoint design.

When expert review is needed

Signature validity, cross-border recognition, qualified trust service reliance, identity proofing, and evidence strategy may require qualified legal or technical review.

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Compliance, AML, Sanctions & Regulated-Sector Risk

Examples of sources

  • EU AML framework
  • AML directives where relevant
  • EU sanctions framework
  • OECD due diligence guidance
  • EBA guidance where relevant
  • Risk-based compliance principles
  • Beneficial ownership, KYC, and counterparty-risk concepts

How ContractBot uses it

Used for regulated-party risk, sanctions exposure, AML/KYC flags, high-risk counterparty indicators, enhanced due diligence triggers, and expert-review escalation.

When expert review is needed

Sanctions exposure, financial crime controls, beneficial ownership uncertainty, public-sector procurement, and regulated-sector obligations may require qualified review.

Source category

Evidence, Audit Trail & Verification

Examples of sources

  • RFC 3161 timestamping
  • Hash integrity
  • Chain of custody
  • Electronic evidence admissibility principles
  • Audit logs
  • Verification endpoints
  • PDF/electronic document integrity
  • ISO/information security references where relevant

How ContractBot uses it

Used for document proof packages, audit trail creation, report integrity, timestamp logic, verification links, and evidence export.

When expert review is needed

Court admissibility, contested authenticity, forensic document review, litigation hold, and regulated recordkeeping may require qualified legal or technical review.

Source category

Contract Risk & Clause Intelligence

Examples of source-backed logic

  • Clause maps
  • Clause categories
  • Applicability logic
  • Not-applicable logic
  • Risk scoring
  • Missing clause detection
  • Lawyer-review triggers
  • Source-backed clause mapping

How ContractBot uses it

Used to classify clauses, detect missing provisions, distinguish applicable from non-applicable findings, explain evidence, and route complex matters to expert review.

When expert review is needed

Novel clause drafting, negotiation strategy, high-value exposure, disputed facts, tax treatment, or cross-border disputes may require qualified legal review.

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Professional Review Boundary

ContractBot is a digital contract intelligence and workflow tool. It does not replace legal advice from a qualified lawyer. Users should request professional review for negotiation strategy, litigation risk, tax treatment, regulated-sector advice, local court practice, high-value contracts, or cross-border disputes.

The source categories above are used for reference logic, legal routing, review triggers, and clause mapping. They do not mean that every matter is automatically verified against all laws in real time.

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