Judicial Defense Report: First Instance and Appeal Court Rulings, First Half 2020

A dataset from Colombia's open data portal (datos.gov.co) covering judicial defense proceedings for the first half of 2020. It includes columns for the total claim value, first and second instance rulings, case status, and the assessed probability of conviction. The data was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Analyze the correlation between PROBABILIDAD DE CONDENA (probability of conviction) and the actual FALLO DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA (first instance ruling).
• Model case outcomes (ESTADO) using features like VALOR TOTAL PRETENCIONES (total claim value) and MEDIO DE CONTROL O TIPO DE ACCIÓN (type of legal action).
• Track the rate at which FALLO DE SEGUNDA INSTANCIA (second instance rulings) confirm or revoke lower court decisions.
• Assess the distribution of claim values (VALOR TOTAL PRETENCIONES) across different types of legal actions (MEDIO DE CONTROL O TIPO DE ACCIÓN).

Strengths

• Provides structured legal data with specific columns for claim value, rulings, and case status.
• Data is available in multiple machine-readable formats (CSV, JSON, XML, RDF).
• Covers a defined time period (first semester of 2020).

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, limiting suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and completeness require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co (Colombia's open data portal), published via the Socrata platform.

Collection Method

Likely an administrative report from a judicial or defense institution.

Time Range

First semester of 2020.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 18:26:33; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia (implied by the source domain .gov.co).