Better Belgian Constitutional Court

Display judgments of the Belgian Constitutional Court with PDF.js and add automatic reference extraction when copying text.

# Better Belgian Constitutional Court Browser extension for optimized consultation of Belgian Constitutional Court judgments. Install : - on Chrome : https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/better-belgian-constituti/jnmabkmfhbfdbpfbljcnooecglmfoagl - on Firefox : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/better-constitutional-court/  ## ✨ Features ### Full PDF.js Viewer - **Professional interface** with complete toolbar (zoom, search, navigation, rotation, presentation mode) - **Annotation and highlighting**: ability to highlight text and save annotated PDFs - **In-document search** (Ctrl/Cmd+F) - **Thumbnails and bookmarks** for quick navigation - **Print and download** with advanced options ### Automatic Reference Detection - **Smart extraction** of the judgement date from PDF content - **Bilingual support**: French (fr.const-court.be) and Dutch (nl.const-court.be) - **Historical recognition**: automatically uses "C.A." / "Arbitragehof" for judgments before May 2007 - **Formatted display**: - French: `C.C., 23 octobre 2025, n° 135/2025` - Dutch: `GwH 19 juli 2007, nr. 106/2007` ### Enhanced Copy with Automatic Citation - **B paragraph detection**: automatically identifies the B point where the copied passage comes from - **Automatic formatting**: text copied to clipboard will be formatted as `"selected text" (C.C., 23 octobre 2025, n° 135/2025, point B.5)` - **Multilingual handling**: adapts "point B." / "punt B." according to language - **HTML and plain text copy** for maximum compatibility ### Smart Download - **Automatic naming**: `C.C. 2025-135.pdf` or `Arbitragehof 2006-42.pdf` - **Dedicated button** in top banner - **Annotations included** in the downloaded file ## 🎯 Usage The extension will automatically activate on: - `https://fr.const-court.be/public/f/*` - `https://nl.const-court.be/public/n/*` 1. **Open a judgment** on the Constitutional Court website 2. **View** the PDF with all PDF.js viewer features 3. **Copy** a passage: the complete reference with B point will be automatically added 4. **Download**: the file will have a formatted and standardized name ## Treatment of personal data No personal data whatsoever is treated by this extension. ## 📝 Credits - **Author**: Rafaël Jafferali - **PDF.js**: Mozilla Foundation (Apache License 2.0) - **Vibe-coded** with the help of Claude Sonnet 4.5 (Anthropic) ## Release history - 1.0.0 : first version - 1.0.1 : fixed detection of the date of the judgement - 1.0.2 : improved detection of location of copied text to build correct reference - 1.0.3 : fixed B-point detection when copied passage contains cross-references to other B-points