In the early 1990s, a group of university professors, actively backed by the regional public authorities (the Department of Vienne and the region of Poitou-Charentes), presented the central government authorities with a proposal to create a specific service that would fill the gap in foreign law information in France. Its implementation would be made easier by the presence of an efficient communication system called the "Téléport" on the site of the Futuroscope.

The objective was to improve the access in France to foreign laws, European law and international law as well as to increase business people's awareness of the increasing need to take into account the legal systems of France’s economic partners.

In may 1992, the service took the form of what French Company law calls a Groupement d’Intérêt Public (GIP) or a Public Interest Grouping. Included in this Public Interest grouping are the Ministry of research and national education, the Ministry of justice, the Ministry of interior, the ministry of co-operation, the National centre for scientific research, the National centre for distance education, the Chamber of commerce and industry of Paris, the Higher council of notaries, the French centre of comparative law, the University of Poitiers, the region of Poitou-Charentes and the Vienne department.

The initial mission of our service originally named "Droit et Médias" ("the Law and the Media") was to meet the demand for legal documents expressed by public and private entities. Our role was to provide all requested documents by using ressources deriving from modern communication techniques such as the Internet, on-line data banks and CD-ROMs in addition to our permanent network of correspondents abroad.

In 1994, the service was renamed Juriscope®.