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On accuracy, AI, and Philippine law.

Notes from the team building BatasDB — on why grounded legal research beats confident guessing, and what it takes to trust an AI with the law.

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Legal research walkthrough

How to check if a Philippine Supreme Court case is still good law

A step-by-step walkthrough of checking whether a Supreme Court case is still good law using the free BatasDB Case Citator checker — no account required, just paste the G.R. number.

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Authority-ranked search

Why keyword search fails Philippine legal research — and how BatasDB ranks by authority

Philippine law is a hierarchy, not a list of equal documents. Learn why best-word-match search is dangerous for legal research, and how BatasDB ranks results by legal authority — from the Constitution to local ordinances.

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Verifying AI legal research

How to verify AI legal research citations in the Philippines

Philippine lawyers need AI legal research they can trust. Learn how to verify every citation — opening the source, reading the actual text, and checking if a case is still good law — and how BatasDB search answers with verifiable citations.

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Philippine legal research

BatasDB vs Supreme Court E-Library: Which Philippine Legal Research Tool Is Right for You?

An honest comparison of BatasDB and the Supreme Court E-Library for Philippine legal research. What each tool does well, when to use them, and how they work together.

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Legal drafting with AI

How to Draft a Demand Letter in the Philippines: Why BatasDB Draft Assistant Writes from the Rule, Not from Memory

Why blank-page drafting and general chatbots fail Philippine lawyers and law students, and how Draft Assistant drafts pleadings and letters from the governing rule, leaves marked blanks for missing facts, and cites only retrieved authority.

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