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Search BVwG Decisions in RIS

Source: R/ris_search_bvwg.R
ris_search_bvwg.Rd

Convenience wrapper around ris_search_case_law() with application = "Bvwg".

Usage

ris_search_bvwg(
  query = NULL,
  business_number = NULL,
  norm = NULL,
  decision_date_from = NULL,
  decision_date_to = NULL,
  decision_type = NULL,
  index_term = NULL,
  collection_number = NULL,
  in_ris_since = NULL,
  search_decision_text = TRUE,
  search_legal_principles = TRUE,
  echo = FALSE,
  base_url = "https://data.bka.gv.at/ris/api/v2.6"
)

Arguments

query

Optional full-text query (Suchworte).

business_number

Optional business number (Geschaeftszahl).

norm

Optional legal norm query (Norm).

decision_date_from

Optional lower date bound (YYYY-MM-DD, EntscheidungsdatumVon).

decision_date_to

Optional upper date bound (YYYY-MM-DD, EntscheidungsdatumBis).

decision_type

Optional decision type (Entscheidungsart). BVwG accepts: "Undefined", "Beschluss", "Erkenntnis".

index_term

Optional index term (Index).

collection_number

Optional collection number (Sammlungsnummer).

in_ris_since

Optional RIS recency filter (ImRisSeit). Accepts API values ("Undefined", "EinerWoche", "ZweiWochen", "EinemMonat", "DreiMonaten", "SechsMonaten", "EinemJahr") and English aliases ("one_week", "two_weeks", "one_month", "three_months", "six_months", "one_year").

search_decision_text

Optional flag for decision text search (SucheInEntscheidungstexten).

Optional flag for legal principles search (SucheInRechtssaetzen).

echo

Logical. If TRUE, prints the equivalent RIS website URLs (https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/<Applikation>/ and the corresponding Ergebnis.wxe query URL) and the number of returned rows, so users can double-check the result set in the browser.

base_url

API base URL.

Value

A tidy tibble with parsed search results. Includes list-columns content_urls and app_metadata.

Details

The Bundesverwaltungsgericht (BVwG) was established on 1 January 2014 and covers federal administrative matters, including asylum, immigration, procurement, and telecommunications decisions.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Keyword search across decision texts and Rechtssaetze (default).
# The query field supports full-text operators: space/"und" = AND,
# "oder" = OR, "nicht" = NOT, * = wildcard, 'phrase' for exact phrase.
ris_search_bvwg(query = "Asyl")

# Filter to Erkenntnis decisions within a date range
ris_search_bvwg(
  decision_type = "Erkenntnis",
  decision_date_from = "2023-01-01",
  decision_date_to = "2023-12-31"
)

# Search by norm (BVwG frequently applies VwGVG, AsylG 2005, BFA-VG)
ris_search_bvwg(norm = "AsylG 2005 §3")

# Decisions added to RIS within the last month
ris_search_bvwg(in_ris_since = "one_month")

# Look up a specific decision by business number and echo the browser URL.
# BVwG business number format: "W NNN NNNNNNNN-N/YYYYX" or similar.
ris_search_bvwg(business_number = "W175 2221503-1", echo = TRUE)
} # }