The dataset was created in connection with the publication entitled "Legal Latin in the Decisions of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal: A Corpus-Linguistic Perspective", which was created as part of the research project "Legal Latin From an Interdisciplinary Perspective" (2023/51/D/HS2/02842, NCN). It includes:
1) macro_level_corpus_design.xlsx file – The file contains detailed information on the number of judgments or orders issued by the CT each year during the period under examination, analyzed from a genre perspective.
2) micro_level_corpus_design.xlsx file – The file contains detailed information on the number of judgments or orders issued by the CT each year during the period under examination, categorized according to the classification used in the IPO database (https://ipo.trybunal.gov.pl/), which served as the source of all documents included in the corpus.
3) Sub-corpus_1_Proceedings_on_the_merits_judgments_and_orders_1997-2024.zip – judgments and orders issued by the Polish Constitutional Tribunal (CT) in the period of 1997-2024 as part of proceedings on merits. The texts in the .txt format are in Polish.
4) Sub-corpus_2_Signalling_procedure_orders_1997-2023.zip – orders issued by the CT in the period of 1997-2023 as part of the signalling procedure. The texts in the .txt format are in Polish.
5) Sub-corpus_3_Preliminary_review_orders_1997-2024.zip – orders issued by the CT in the period of 1997-2024 as part of preliminary procedure. The texts in the .txt format are in Polish.
6) readme.txt file – The file provides information about the contents and structure of the corpus (i.e. sub-corpora 1–3, see points 3 to 5 above) and the file-naming conventions. The corpus consisting of sub-corpora 1-3 was designed using a two-level (macro and micro) stratification to enable detailed quantitative and qualitative analysis of legal Latin within constitutional judicial discourse.
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