scd-bubbles

scd-bubbles is an open source web app that visualises the decisions of the Swiss Federal Court 🇨🇭🏛. Every judgments is represented by a bubble, with the properties of the bubbles reflecting information about the case. It was created at the Open Legal Lab 2024 and is provided without any warranty. Our source code is on Github.

Bubbles appear in chronological order of the decision date, and their color indicates the case outcome: granted, partly granted, rejected, inadmissible, or written off. Bubble size represents the length of the judgment text. Bubble positioning reflects the area of law: Civil law judgments appear in the left third of the screen, public law in the middle, and criminal law on the right. Judgments that were published as leading cases (BGE) are identified with a golden border.

scd-bubbles is a fun way to gain an understanding of the caseload that the Swiss Federal Court is dealing with and conveys in a very broad sense information about the decisions taken in a (dis-)aggregated from. It is also suitable for meditative practices.

Credits

scd-bubbles was created by

Florian: Creative Director

Jasper: JavaScript Wizard

Martin: JavaScript Virtuoso

Daniel: Head Lawyer

Jonas: Sound Designer

Lucile: Game Master

Mark: Pachinko Advisor

Caroline: Guest Appearance