Roles
Lawyer, compliance, audit and board read the same registry, but start at different ends. Every page shows the reading order for the six blocks of the answer and what the role carries into its own work.
About the role nodes
Your role decides which obligations are yours. The nodes divide the layer by who has to answer: the board, the data protection officer, procurement, the person running the matter.
Each role points at provisions and rulings in the register, with publisher and read date, so responsibility can be evidenced rather than asserted.
- Start from the role and read the obligations in the order they are tested.
- References go to the provision at the publisher.
- Role nodes do not replace advice; they show where the rule sits.
Choose a role
- LawyerRead the source chain and travaux first, then case law. Every line can be cited in a memo.1. Legal question › 2. Primary sources › 4. Deterministic summary › 3. Secondary sources
- ComplianceRead the binding regulations and supervision first. That is where the controls in the plan come from.3. Secondary sources › 6. Audit trail › 2. Primary sources › 1. Legal question
- AuditRead the version, the retrieval date and the citation first. The answer is traceable and fits the file.6. Audit trail › 1. Legal question › 3. Secondary sources › 5. Typical application
- BoardRead the summary and the supervision first. It shows who reviews the company and what failure leads to.1. Legal question › 6. Audit trail › 5. Typical application › 3. Secondary sources
Combine with an industry
The role says in which order you read, the industry which rows are shown.
Next step
Three ways to put the register to work in your own practice.
Start with your task
Litigation
Find support in a judgment
Search guiding decisions, see what became final and follow changes in the law.
In-house, deals
Map the rules in a transaction
Move from theme to act and on to the article that carries the duty.
Compliance
Assess the risk in a process
Risk scoring per legal area, with the sources behind every score.