LEGALIZE-PE
A progressive web application that makes Peruvian legislation accessible and understandable. Research published at ICEGOV 2026, achieving 6x performance improvement over existing government platforms.
6x
Performance Improvement
ICEGOV 2026
Research Paper
35,000+
Laws Indexed
THE CHALLENGE
Peruvian citizens struggle to access and understand legislation that affects their daily lives. Government platforms are slow, poorly designed, and lack modern search capabilities.
RESEARCH
We conducted extensive research into how citizens interact with legal information:
1
Analyzed government data portal performance and UX issues
2
Interviewed 15+ users including lawyers, students, and citizens
3
Benchmarked against international open data platforms
4
Identified key accessibility barriers
KEY FINDINGS
Core Insight
Citizens need contextual understanding, not just raw legal text. The solution must translate legal jargon into plain language and show how laws connect to each other.
SOLUTION
We built a progressive web app with three core innovations:
Smart Search
AI-powered search that understands natural language queries about legal topics
Plain Language
Automatic summarization of complex legal articles into understandable explanations
Law Connections
Visual mapping of how laws reference and modify each other over time
Offline Access
PWA capabilities for accessing legislation without internet connection
IMPACT
The platform achieves 6x faster load times than the official government portal while indexing 35,000+ legislative documents. The research was accepted for publication at ICEGOV 2026, the International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance.
LEARNINGS
Building civic tech taught me the importance of understanding institutional constraints. Government data is messy, undocumented, and changes without notice. The technical challenge was smaller than the data quality challenge.