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Build on verified South African law

GetLawED gives your software and AI agents the same verified South African law library our attorneys' tools use — searchable, quotable to the section, and every result linked to its official source.

What you can build

Legal research assistants that quote the exact provision with its official source instead of paraphrasing from memory.
Citation checkers for drafting tools — flag a case citation that belongs to a different case before a brief goes out.
Compliance bots that read regulations, codes and municipal by-laws section by section.
Tax and accounting assistants grounded in the Acts, regulations and gazette notices.

What is in the library (counted 2026-10-14)

Kind	Documents
Judgments (Constitutional Court, SCA, High Courts, Labour, Land, Tax and tribunals)	18,656
Acts	1,901
Regulations, rules and codes	1,202
Municipal by-laws and land use schemes	235
Government Gazette notices	43,881
Bills	550
Sections (Acts, regulations and by-laws split for quoting)	171,521
Law-report citations mapped to neutral citations	2,291

Three ways in

Interface	Address	Best for
REST API	`https://getlawed.co.za/api/law/v1/`	Any app or backend. OpenAPI 3.1 spec
MCP server (Streamable HTTP)	`https://getlawed.co.za/api/mcp/law`	AI agents and assistants: Claude, ChatGPT, the OpenAI and Anthropic APIs, any MCP client
A2A agent	`https://getlawed.co.za/api/mcp/law/a2a`	Agent-to-agent systems (agent card)

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Using an AI assistant? Connect it to GetLawED's verified South African law library — it can then quote provisions with their official source and check citations before you rely on them. How to connect