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by bonoboTP 57 days ago
Really? In which country? In Hungary we have several such services. Before the Internet was so widespread you could even buy it on a CD.

Here is an example: https://jogkodex.hu/jsz/kftv_2013_87_torveny_5995373?r=25

You can check the state of this law at any point in time and even highlight the differences.

I assumed it is so in every civil law country and the law is only unknowable in common law countries where basically every previous court decision is part of the law in some way and they contradict and it becomes a skill and game of twisting words and digging up obscure precedents.

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This is exactly what I'm talking about, there have to be commercial companies selling "which law is still valid" as a service. It shouldn't be like that. You should grab "current law book" and everything should be in it.
There is also a public, state-funded version in Hungary. For example here is the constitution: https://njt.hu/jogszabaly/2011-4301-02-00

Which countries don't have it? Is it a civil law country?