Hyperlaw Info

A guide to the site

How the linked text works, how to read a page, and where the citations go. Start with the basics or jump to the surface you need.

Getting started

What Hyperlaw is and the three places to begin.

Start here What Hyperlaw is, what it covers, and how to use this guide. Read → Finding your way around The graph, the jurisdiction map, the browse panel and search. Read →

Reading the law

Pages, citations, judgments and historical text.

Reading a statute or regulation The page layout, table of contents, anchors and cited-by badges. Read → Citations and hover previews How links behave, what the colours mean, and how history is flagged. Read → Case pages Parties, opinions, paragraphs, printed pages, footnotes and citations. Read → Point-in-time history Read a federal Act as it stood on an earlier date, and understand the limits. Read →

Collections and data

Which corpora are loaded and how they are built.

Jurisdictions and sources Every corpus, its route, language and currentness. Read → How the data is built From an official file to a node, an edge and a page. Read →

Tools

Shortcuts, the API, MCP and the Reader.

API, MCP and the Reader Programmatic access, assistant tools, and private document linking. Read → Keyboard, touch and accessibility The shortcuts, gestures and reading controls that are easy to miss. Read →

Reference

URL shapes, citation paths and route conventions.

URLs and citation paths The routes, anchors and query parameters behind the site. Read →

Elsewhere

Sources & disclaimers — sources, licences, accuracy and privacy.
Data coverage — what is live, staged or planned.
API reference — the read-only JSON API.
MCP endpoint — the assistant tools.
Reader — link your own documents.