moses-oroni/legal-lens-kenya

Evidence-controlled legal reasoning for Kenyan technology law: framework, 10-case pilot dataset, and responsible-AI research controls. # Legal Lens Kenya An exploratory, human-governed research project on evidence-controlled legal reasoning in Kenyan technology law. **Researcher:** Moses Evans Etyang Oroni **Working dissertation title:** *Legal Reasoning in the Digital Age: Assessing the Need for a Formalized Jurisprudential Lens in Kenyan Law* **Version:** 0.1.0, released 26 August 2026 ## What this repository demonstrates Legal and technical questions often arrive together: the law may be current while the facts are changing, the evidence may be digital, and an AI system may produce a fluent answer without reliable authority. Legal Lens Kenya tests a six-question discipline for making that reasoning visible: > **Status → Authority → Duty → Proof → Risk → Action** The repository brings together: - a provisional Legal Lens framework and Desk Review protocol; - a reproducible case-selection and verification method; - a source-linked pilot dataset of 10 Kenyan digital-law decisions; - explicit privacy, ethics, limitation, and responsible-AI controls; and - a machine-readable schema and interactive systems map. ## Research status This is an **exploratory v0.1 research release**, not a validated legal methodology and not legal advice. The 10 decisions were purposively selected to test a coding method; they are not a statistically representative account of Kenyan jurisprudence. The dissertation title and design remain subject to university requirements, ethics review where applicable, and supervisor approval. The dataset was checked against Kenya Law, the official law-reporting source, as at **26 August 2026**. Appellate status can change and must be rechecked before academic submission or legal reliance. ## Repository map | Path | Purpose | |---|---| | `data/` | Ten-case pilot dataset and data notes | | `docs/dissertation/` | Exploratory dissertation concept note | | `docs/methodology/` | Selection, verification, and coding rules | | `docs/governance/` | Privacy, ethics, and limitations …