Skill

legalcode-statute-analysis

Analyze statutes, acts, and regulations section by section — deconstruct structure, parse definitions, classify operative verbs, map exceptions and conditions, assess penalty tiers, determine authority boundaries, flag interpretive ambiguities, and identify implementation consequences. Use when a lawyer, compliance officer, policy analyst, or legal researcher needs to understand what a statute actually says and requires — as distinct from verifying that a citation is in-force (use legalcode-legislation-verification for that). Covers primary legislation, delegated legislation (statutory instruments, regulations, ordinances, executive orders, decrees), and secondary regulatory frameworks. Jurisdiction-agnostic with [JURISDICTION-SPECIFIC] markers; supports common law and civil law systems. Triggers when the user provides statute text or a statutory reference and asks what it means, what it requires, who it applies to, what the penalties are, how it interacts with other law, or what they need to do to comply. Pairs with legalcode-legislation-verification (citation accuracy), legalcode-cross-border-checklist (multi-jurisdiction mapping), and legalcode-plain-language (readability rewriting).