The dataset contains a sample 600 Hungarian laws passed in the 1994-2018 period. This data is used in the 10th chapter (https://tankonyv.poltextlab.com/similarity.html).

data_lawtext_sample

Format

It is a data.frame, with 600 observation, 5 variables:

tv_id

Title of the law

torveny_szoveg

The unprocessed law texts

korm_ciklus

Election cycle. Values: "1994-1998", "1998-2002", "2002-2006", "2006-2010", "2010-2014", "2014-2018"

ev

Year the law was passed

korm_ell

Who proposed the law. 0: Opposition member; 1: Governing party member; 2: Bi-partisan proposal; 3: At least two different opposition party member; 4: At least two different government party member; 900: not relevant (member of cabinet); 901: not relevant (member of committee); 902: not relevant (not MP, not cabinet member, not committee member);

Source

https://cap.tk.hu/en/dataoverview