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Three official Dutch portals are free research sources in Libra: Wetten.nl for legislation, Officiële bekendmakingen for official publications and Rechtspraak.nl for case law. Nothing to subscribe to and nothing to connect.
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Tick Rechtspraak.nl next to Wetten.nl when the question is how a court reads a provision, such as the redelijke grond for dismissal in art. 7:669 BW. One answer then cites the article and the judgments on it.

What each source covers

Each one appears as its own entry in the Research panel, under the Netherlands jurisdiction. The Research panel with Netherlands selected under Jurisdictions, listing InView Legal (NL), Wetten.nl, Officiële bekendmakingen, Rechtspraak.nl and Web Search, each with its switch off

How they work with your subscriptions

The public sources are a fallback for the Wolters Kluwer sources your firm subscribes to. When InView Legal, InView Tax or Legal Intelligence covers the question too, Libra searches that first. It turns to a public source when no subscribed source covers the topic, or when the subscribed ones return nothing useful. Without a subscription, the public sources are what Libra searches.

What you can ask

  • “Wat zegt art. 7:670 BW over het opzegverbod tijdens ziekte?”
  • “Find the parliamentary documents on the latest change to the Wet op de ondernemingsraden.”
  • “Which recent judgments deal with the transitievergoeding after long-term illness?”
Ask in whatever language you work in. The sources themselves are in Dutch, so a Dutch term of art, such as ontslag op staande voet, keeps Libra searching on your wording.

Setup

Nothing to connect. All three are Included, with no add-on and no credentials. They appear in the Research panel as soon as Netherlands is one of your workspace’s jurisdictions; tick the ones you want, as with any source. See Research mode.

Next steps

InView Legal

Wolters Kluwer’s Dutch legal research, with commentary on top of the primary sources.

Research mode

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