MnemoLaw

The laws of your country, in your memory.

Pick a country, then a code, a law or a city. MnemoLaw downloads the texts on your computer and writes each article into memory. Then you ask your questions in the chat. MnemoLaw quotes texts. It does not give legal advice.

The cartridge id is @mnemosyne-plugins/mnemo-law. Its code lives at Mnemosyne-OS/MnemoLaw.

The countries

Country	What it holds	Source
United States	City and county ordinances	LOCUS v1, UC Berkeley, CC BY-NC-4.0
France	National codes	LEGI (Légifrance data), Licence Ouverte 2.0
United Kingdom	Acts of Parliament in force	legislation.gov.uk
Canada	Federal Acts, in English and in French	Justice Laws Website, Open Government Licence (Canada)
European Union	Regulations in force, in English	EUR-Lex
International	Treaties: UN, human rights, Geneva Conventions, EU treaties	Official treaty texts, copied by MnemoLaw
Colombia, Spain, Argentina, Portugal	Constitution, codes and main national laws	The official journals, through Legalize
Italy	Constitution and national codes	Normattiva
Malta	Gaming laws first, then the Constitution, codes and main Acts	legislation.mt, copied by MnemoLaw

Each copy is not an official text. Every article names its source and where to check the text in force.

The US licence

The US ordinances come from LOCUS v1 under the CC BY-NC-4.0 licence, which allows non-commercial use only. Before the first US download, MnemoLaw shows Before the first download. Press I have read the licence to go on.

Switzerland

Arrives in the next build

Switzerland was added after Mnemosyne OS 2.2.0. It is not in the released app yet.

Swiss federal law comes from Fedlex: the Federal Constitution, the codes and the main federal laws, in French, German and Italian. MnemoLaw reads each law when you import it and takes the version in force that day. Cantonal laws are not included.

Put a law in memory

1. On the countries' screen, click a country tile.
2. Press its load button, for example Load the list of French codes or Load the list of laws. A short list of the laws people ask about most shows first.
3. Type in the filter to find any other law, then press Import.
4. The progress shows the download, then Writing to memory. Stop stops it. What reached memory stays.

Some countries also offer Load everything: every law in force of one kind, straight into memory. It runs while the window is open. Resume continues where it stopped. This path keeps no copy in your folder.

Search and ask

The search box finds articles that contain your words, on your computer. To ask a question in your own words, open the chat and tick the country under Knowledge in its scope.

Ask for your country

Add my country opens Ask for my country. Pick your country, read What will be sent, then press Send the request. The request is signed by your wallet, like a review. Nothing about your computer is attached. The team reads the requests to choose the next country.

Where your data goes

• Each imported code, law or place is a JSON file in your knowledge folder, with an ATTRIBUTION.md beside it. On the first import, MnemoLaw asks you to choose that folder. Open the folder shows it.
• Each substantive article becomes one memory entry in MnemoLaw's own vault, one memory pack per country. The chat reads it once you tick the country in its scope.
• Long articles are written in several parts. Tables of contents and empty definitions are left out.

For agents

Action	Effect	What it does
status	read	The country on screen, the download running, the laws in memory
countries	read	Countries with a source, and what each holds in memory
showHome	write	The countries' screen
showRequest	write	The screen to ask for another country
openFolder	write	Opens the laws' folder in the file manager
openCountry	write	One country's screen
loadPlaces	write	Loads a country's list
findPlaces	read	Finds laws or places in a loaded list
importPlace	write	Puts one law or place into memory by its name
stop	write	Stops the list or import running

importPlace answers started. Read the outcome with status. Several matches are refused with their names (AMBIGUOUS). The US licence is never accepted by an agent: LICENSE_NOT_ACCEPTED means show the United States screen and let the person read it.

Voice examples: "open France", "add the Civil Code", "stop the download", "open the folder of laws".