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Search VfGH Decisions in RIS

Source: R/ris_search_vfgh.R
ris_search_vfgh.Rd

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

Usage

ris_search_vfgh(
  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 = FALSE,
  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). VfGH accepts: "Undefined", "Beschluss", "Erkenntnis", "Vergleich", "KeineAngabe" (English aliases: "order", "judgment", "settlement", "not_specified").

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

Defaults are aligned with the VfGH RIS handbook: search_legal_principles = TRUE and search_decision_text = FALSE (default search in Rechtssaetze).

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Search Rechtssaetze (default per VfGH handbook) for a constitutional keyword.
# The query field supports full-text operators: space/"und" = AND,
# "oder" = OR, "nicht" = NOT, * = wildcard, 'phrase' for exact phrase.
ris_search_vfgh(query = "Meinungsfreiheit")

# Wildcard and phrase search examples
ris_search_vfgh(query = "Grundrecht*")
ris_search_vfgh(query = "'wahlwerbenden Parteien'")

# Also search full decision texts (overrides the VfGH default of RS only)
ris_search_vfgh(
  query = "Eigentumsrecht",
  search_decision_text = TRUE,
  search_legal_principles = TRUE
)

# Judgments on a specific norm. Results are always sorted by decision date
# descending (most recent first).
# Norm notation: include the year where it is part of the official
# abbreviation (e.g. "StGG Art2", "EStG 1988 §29 Z1", "AsylG 2005 §5").
# For multiple norms wrap each in single quotes: 'StGG Art2' oder 'B-VG Art7'
ris_search_vfgh(
  norm = "B-VG Art7",
  decision_type = "judgment"
)

# Search by Sammlungsnummer (collection number from the official VfGH
# series VfSlg). Enter digits only, without dot, space, or slash.
ris_search_vfgh(collection_number = "18743")

# Decisions added to RIS within the last six months
ris_search_vfgh(in_ris_since = "six_months")

# Search by Index (numeric classification of Austrian law).
# Federal law index values start with a number (e.g. "32/02" for Steuerrecht,
# "07/01" for Verfassungsrecht), state law index values start with "L"
# (e.g. "L6500"). The full index list is linked from the VfGH search page.
ris_search_vfgh(index_term = "07/01")

# Look up a specific case by business number and echo the equivalent
# browser URL on www.ris.bka.gv.at.
# VfGH decisions are available from 1980 in full text; selected decisions
# from 1919-1933 and 1946-1979 are available as PDF scans.
# Business number formats (four-digit year since 08.04.2013):
#   G NNNN/YYYY  (constitutional review of laws, Gesetzesprüfung)
#   V NNN/YYYY   (review of ordinances, Verordnungsprüfung)
#   U NNN/YYYY   (individual complaint, Art144 B-VG)
#   E NNN/YYYY   (complaint under EU Charter of Fundamental Rights)
#   B NNN/YY     (old-style individual complaint, pre-2013)
ris_search_vfgh(
  business_number = "G 97/2021",
  echo = TRUE
)
} # }