Another question is how to visually render these measurements. In order for our research work to be of consequence in the <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rend="italic">public sphere</hi>, we wish to address three publics: a) <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rend="italic">researchers</hi>, b) <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rend="italic">jurists</hi>, and c) the <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rend="italic"> general public</hi>. For each, we have identified specific interests: a) to test the hypothesis of measurability of a historic process and to inspire new fields of investigation, b) to get a synthetic overview of a law, notably in terms of simultaneous or otherwise related amendments; to “identify tough cases [of complex laws] or to help resolve them” (Kades 1996) c) to navigate more easily in the realms of law and to obtain an answer to the question of rising complexity of the leas. From these interests ensue desired qualities of an optimal visualization: a) the hierarchical structure of given law must be visible; the measured quantities must be rendered; the visualization must allow for an animation reflecting the evolution of the measured quantities; b) both hierarchical and transversal (cross-references and thematic) links between elements of law must be renderable; c) the visualization must allow for an understanding of the structure of law for easier access to its elements; it should work as a metaphor of law as an “evolving organism”.