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119 134 ECtHR cases
81 750 SCJ judgments
2 260 CC acts
240 209 HCCJ decisions
119 134
ECtHR · Judgments and decisions
since 1959 · HUDOC API
81 750
Supreme Court · Judgments
since 2008 · jurisprudenta.csj.md
2 260
Constitutional Court · Acts
since 1995 · constcourt.md
240 209
HCCJ Romania · Decisions
since 2003 · scj.ro / iccj.ro
§ 02 · Capabilities

Three tools, one task — finding the right precedent.

Full-text search, semantic understanding, and an AI assistant combine to navigate the database in a time comparable to consulting a panel of colleagues.

§ 01

Quick search

Full-text with operators and facets
Free
"pre-trial detention" AND art.5
Jurisdiction CtEDO · CSJ · CC
Period 2010 → 2024
Respondent Republic of Moldova
Article Convention, art. 5 §1
4 217 results in 0.08s
§ 02

Semantic search

Conceptual understanding of intent
Pro
"how does the absence of an interpreter affect the right to defence in criminal proceedings"
Kamasinski v. Austria
0.96
Diallo v. Suedia
0.91
Baytar v. Turcia
0.88
Vizgirda v. Slovenia
0.84
Cuscani v. UK
0.79
Protopapa v. Turcia
0.72
EMBEDDING · 1024d · COSINE
§ 03

AI assistant

Synthesizes with verifiable references
Pro
AV
What are the ECtHR precedents on the excessive length of pre-trial detention in Moldovan cases?
PRECEDENTIA · ANSWER
Moldova has been convicted in at least 14 cases for violations of art. 5 §3, the main landmarks being [1] [2] [3].
[1] Șarban v. Moldova 2005
[2] Becciev v. Moldova 2005
[3] Boicenco v. Moldova 2006
§ 03 · Workflow

How it works

From the first keyword to the map of precedents — four steps mirroring a lawyer's actual research flow, not a feature list.

01
Research

Quick full-text search with Boolean operators and facets for jurisdiction, date, article.

"freedom of expression" AND journalist
02
Semantic

Rephrase in natural language — Precedentia understands intent, not just words.

how is criticism of judges protected
03
Assistant

Ask a question; get a synthesis with verifiable references to source cases.

are there ECtHR precedents vs. Moldova on art.10?
04
Similar cases

From any decision, explore the cluster of related cases — common articles, legal area.

Bodrožić → 23 similar cases
§ 07 · Questions

What you may want
to know about Precedentia.

Precedentia is a case-law search platform for lawyers in the Republic of Moldova and Romania. It brings the judgments of four courts into a single database, with keyword search, natural-language semantic search and an AI legal assistant.

Four courts: the European Court of Human Rights, with judgments from 1959; the Supreme Court of Justice of the Republic of Moldova, from 2008; the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova, from 1995; and Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice, from 2003.

Keyword search returns documents containing the terms you type, with operators and filters. Semantic search interprets the meaning of a question written in plain language and finds conceptually relevant cases even when they use different wording.

Yes. Precedentia publishes Romanian translations of ECtHR judgments, marked as such on each case, alongside the original English or French text.

Every case page offers citations in Bluebook, OSCOLA and BibTeX formats, plus a link to the official source. Precedentia is an independent research aggregator; the authoritative text remains the one published by the court.

From the courts' official sources: HUDOC for the ECtHR, jurisprudenta.csj.md for the Supreme Court of Justice, constcourt.md for the Constitutional Court, and scj.ro for Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice.
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