Nodes data

The nodes dataset includes one one observation per node in the network of European Union legal documents. Each node is a document. This network includes primary law (i.e., treaty articles), secondary law (i.e., legislation), and case law (i.e., court cases). The dataset incdicates the CELEX number of each document, which is a unique ID number assigned by EUR-Lex, the date of the document, the author of the document, and the type of the document. The dataset includes the following types of documents: treaty articles, directives, regulations, decisions, Court of Justice judgments, advocate general opinions, General Court judgments, national implementing measures (i.e., national legislation that member states enact to transpose EU directives), and national court decisions that apply EU law.

nodes

Format

A data frame with 9 variables:

key_id

Numeric. An ID number that uniquely identifies each observation. Indicates the default sorting order.

celex

String. The CELEX number for the document.

node_type_id

Numeric. An ID number that uniquely identifies the type of the outgoing node.

node_type

String. The type of the node. Possible values include: Treaty articles, Directives, Regulations. Decisions, Court of Justice judgments, Advocate general opinions, General Court judgments, National implementing measures, and National court decisions.

author

String. The author of the document. If there are multiple authors, they are listed, separated by a comma.

date

Date. The date of the document in a YYYY-MM-DD format. Coded NA for national implementing measures.

year

Numeric. The year of the document. Coded NA for national implementing measures.

month

Numeric. The month of the document. Coded NA for national implementing measures.

day

Numeric. The day of the document. Coded NA for national implementing measures.