> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.libratech.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Statutes & Case Law

> German legislation and court decisions from Wolters Kluwer Online: BGH, BVerfG, BAG, BFH, OLG, LG. Included for German customers, with nothing to connect.

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**Statutes & Case Law** is Libra's built-in source for German primary law: legislation and court decisions across the federal and Land courts — Bundesgerichtshof, Bundesverfassungsgericht, Bundesarbeitsgericht, Bundesfinanzhof, Bundesverwaltungsgericht, Bundessozialgericht, plus the 24 Oberlandesgerichte and selected Landgerichte and specialised courts. It is provided by **Wolters Kluwer Online** and included for German customers.

<Note>
  This source used to be called **German Case Law** and was powered by Verlag Dr. Otto Schmidt. It now carries legislation as well as decisions, comes from Wolters Kluwer Online for every German customer, and appears as **Statutes & Case Law** throughout the product. **[Otto Schmidt](/en/integrations/germany/otto-schmidt)** stays available as a source you select yourself, for its commentary library.
</Note>

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    Anchor your prompt to a specific instance, *"BGH-Linie zu §280 BGB seit 2023"*, *"OLG München zu Wettbewerbsverboten"*, and Libra filters at retrieval.
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## Court coverage

| Federal courts                    | Land courts                 | Specialised                    |
| --------------------------------- | --------------------------- | ------------------------------ |
| BGH (Bundesgerichtshof)           | OLG (Oberlandesgerichte)    | ArbG / LAG (Arbeitsgerichte)   |
| BVerfG (Bundesverfassungsgericht) | LG (Landgerichte)           | FG (Finanzgerichte)            |
| BAG (Bundesarbeitsgericht)        | AG (Amtsgerichte, selected) | SG / LSG (Sozialgerichte)      |
| BFH (Bundesfinanzhof)             |                             | VG / OVG (Verwaltungsgerichte) |
| BVerwG (Bundesverwaltungsgericht) |                             |                                |
| BSG (Bundessozialgericht)         |                             |                                |

## How it shows up in Libra

Open **Research** in the composer and **Statutes & Case Law** appears in the source list as its own switch, as long as **Germany** is among the jurisdictions ticked at the top of the panel. It sits in the same flat list as the other German entries — **Handelsregister**, plus **Verlag Dr. Otto Schmidt** and **Wolters Kluwer Online** for firms that have connected those subscriptions. Send your prompt and the collapsible research-steps strip above the answer records the step as **Searching Statutes & Case Law** while Libra works, then **Searched Statutes & Case Law** once it is done; open the strip if it is collapsed. See [Research mode](/en/features/chat/research-mode) for the panel itself and [Citations & sources](/en/features/chat/citations) for what the citation panel shows.

Most of the time you don't have to select it. German teams get **Enable Statutes & Case Law** in **Settings → Chats**, on by default: with it on, any chat model searches German statutes and case law on its own when a question calls for it, without you switching **Research** on first. Refresh the page after toggling it. [Chat customization](/en/features/chat/customization) covers that tab in full.

## Setup

There is nothing to set up and nothing to connect. Statutes & Case Law is included for German customers — no Wolters Kluwer subscription and no Wolters Kluwer connection are needed, which is why it is marked **Included** in the country table on [Content integrations](/en/integrations/setup). The subscription-only WK **premium modules** are a separate layer on top; see **[Wolters Kluwer Online](/en/integrations/germany/wolters-kluwer-online)**.

## What you can ask

* *"What's the prevailing BGH view on indemnity caps in M\&A contracts?"*
* *"Find recent OLG decisions on non-compete enforceability for senior employees."*
* *"Was verlangt § 626 BGB für eine fristlose Kündigung, und wie legt das BAG die Zwei-Wochen-Frist aus?"*
* *"BVerfG-Rechtsprechung zur Datenschutz-Grundverordnung: Kerngehalt der jüngsten Urteile."*
* *"Welche Landesarbeitsgerichte haben die BAG-Linie zur Arbeitszeiterfassung übernommen?"*

## Tips

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  <Accordion title="Name the court level when you know it">
    *"BGH-Rechtsprechung zu…"* / *"OLG-Linien zu…"* tightens the answer to that instance.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Combine with the commentary sources">
    Statutes and decisions tell you what the law says and how a court applied it. Add **[Otto Schmidt](/en/integrations/germany/otto-schmidt)** or **[Wolters Kluwer Online](/en/integrations/germany/wolters-kluwer-online)** for the scholarly view on top.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="State the date range for currency">
    *"Recent BGH decisions since 2024…"* / *"OLG-Rechtsprechung der letzten zwölf Monate zu…"* keeps the answer current.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Next steps

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    The platform behind Statutes & Case Law, and the premium modules you can add on top.
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    Use German statutes and court decisions in any chat.
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