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# Stämpfli

> Stämpfli Legal Premium brings Stämpfli Verlag's Swiss legal library — Berner Kommentar, Stämpfli Handkommentar, FamPra.ch, ZStrR — into your Libra research, cited in the answer.

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**Stämpfli Legal Premium** brings the Swiss legal library of **Stämpfli Verlag AG** (Bern) into Libra — including the **Berner Kommentar**, the in-depth article-by-article commentary on the Swiss Civil Code (ZGB) and Code of Obligations (OR). It is an add-on module for Swiss teams: everything else in the Swiss catalogue is included with your subscription, this one is bought on top of it.

It works through your normal research, not a separate database. When you ask a question, Libra searches the Stämpfli library alongside your other sources and the answer carries **citations to the relevant Stämpfli works**. Each citation is a link back to the cited document on Stämpfli's own platform, so you can read the passage in full context.

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    Cite the Berner Kommentar by article, *"BK zu Art. 18 OR"*, *"BK zu Art. 28 ZGB"*, and Libra pulls the entry. Click the citation to open the passage at Stämpfli.
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## What's in Stämpfli Legal Premium

The module is a single package covering Stämpfli's commentaries, handbooks, textbooks, yearbooks and specialist journals in one searchable library, with unlimited use — there is no per-document or per-query charge. The catalogue is maintained and expanded over time. The works Libra names as the core of the package:

| Title                                                 | What it is                                                                 |
| ----------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Berner Kommentar**                                  | One of the most comprehensive commentaries on Swiss private law (ZGB, OR). |
| **Stämpfli Handkommentar**                            | The concise, practice-oriented commentary series.                          |
| **FamPra.ch**                                         | Leading journal for Swiss family-law practice.                             |
| **ZStrR** (Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Strafrecht) | Flagship Swiss criminal-law journal.                                       |

**Practice areas covered well:** Swiss private law (ZGB, OR) at its core, extending to family law and criminal law through the commentary series, the textbooks and the journal portfolio.

## What you can ask

* *"Was sagt der Berner Kommentar zu Art. 18 OR zur Vertragsauslegung?"*
* *"Aktueller FamPra.ch-Beitrag zum Betreuungsunterhalt?"*
* *"ZStrR-Aufsatz zur Abgrenzung von Eventualvorsatz und bewusster Fahrlässigkeit?"*
* *"Berner Kommentar zu Art. 28 ZGB: Voraussetzungen des Persönlichkeitsschutzes."*

## How to get Stämpfli Legal Premium

Stämpfli Legal Premium is sold only to teams registered in **Switzerland**, and only as an add-on to an active **Libra subscription** — any plan (Starter, Professional or Team). You buy it inside Libra; there is nothing to connect and no credentials to enter.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Team & Subscription → Subscription">
    Buying and assigning licenses is an owner or admin job. From the profile menu, open **Team & Subscription**, then the **Subscription** tab.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Buy licenses under Stämpfli Licenses">
    The **Stämpfli Licenses** section holds a single card, **Stämpfli Legal Premium**, priced per license per **year** or **month** — Swiss teams can choose either billing period. Set the number of licenses you need, then complete checkout; the order summary asks you to accept the **terms of use for Stämpfli** alongside the Libra terms.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Assign the licenses to team members">
    Licenses are held by the team and assigned to individual members on the **Team Members** tab, in the **PACKAGES** column. A member without an assigned license does not get the source.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Use Stämpfli in Research">
    Once a member holds a license, **Stämpfli** appears in that member's **Research** picker — provided **Switzerland** is one of that member's jurisdictions, ticked in the **Jurisdictions** selector at the top of the panel, which is what makes every Swiss source visible. Switch it on for the chats where you want doctrine. See [Research mode](/en/features/chat/research-mode).
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  The module is bought **inside Libra**, on your team's subscription page, and it rides on the Libra subscription: if the Libra subscription ends, the module ends with it. License counts can be increased at any time in the app — to reduce them, contact support.
</Tip>

Teams on a trial or pilot may have Stämpfli switched on for the trial rather than purchased; where that applies, the **Settings → Integrations → Stämpfli** panel carries a **TRIAL ACCESS** label. Buying is still open during a trial — the licenses join the same order as your Libra plan. To check what is active, open that same panel: it lists your available modules and offers **Manage subscription** instead of a Connect button, because access comes from your entitlement rather than a login.

The buying and assigning mechanics are the same for every purchasable module — the detail lives on [Subscription](/en/resources/subscription) and [Team management](/en/features/team-management), and the general source-enablement flow on [Setting up integrations](/en/integrations/setup). For volume pricing or help choosing a plan, contact the team at [contact@libratech.ai](mailto:contact@libratech.ai).

## Combining with the other Swiss sources

| Question type                         | Best combination                                                                                                                                     |
| ------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| What does the statute say?            | **[Fedlex](/en/integrations/switzerland/fedlex)** alone.                                                                                             |
| What's the prevailing scholarly view? | **Stämpfli Legal Premium**.                                                                                                                          |
| How have the courts applied it?       | **Stämpfli** + **[OpenCaseLaw](/en/integrations/switzerland/opencaselaw)** or **[Entscheidsuche](/en/integrations/switzerland/entscheidsuche)**.     |
| Who is this Swiss company?            | **[Zefix](/en/integrations/switzerland/zefix)** alone.                                                                                               |
| Cross-border with Germany?            | Stämpfli + **[Wolters Kluwer Online](/en/integrations/germany/wolters-kluwer-online)** or **[Otto Schmidt](/en/integrations/germany/otto-schmidt)**. |

Stämpfli is the publisher library in the Swiss catalogue; the other Swiss sources are open-access and included. One more commentary source, **Onlinekommentar**, is switched on per team rather than for every Swiss workspace — the full Swiss list and what each source covers is on the [Switzerland](/en/integrations/switzerland/overview) page.

## Hosting, data protection & professional conduct

A common question for Swiss firms is whether a cloud tool hosted abroad can be used within the rules of professional conduct. An **independent Swiss law firm** confirmed that Libra can be used in line with Swiss professional-conduct and data-protection law, and that **hosting in Germany and the EU raises no issue** — there is no requirement for Swiss lawyers to host in Switzerland.

* **Where data lives.** Libra runs on Deutsche Telekom servers in Germany; documents are stored encrypted in Germany. AI requests are processed on Microsoft and AWS infrastructure that always sits **within the EU** — data is never transferred outside the EU, and never to the US.
* **Confidentiality.** Libra signs a data processing agreement (DPA) and a confidentiality agreement with every customer. Microsoft, AWS, and Deutsche Telekom are bound as **auxiliary persons to legal professional secrecy** (Art. 321 StGB in conjunction with Art. 13 BGFA), under a confidentiality obligation that continues beyond the end of the contract. Everyone who processes client data is instructed on confidentiality.
* **Swiss legal documents.** The Swiss contract documents — Swiss General Terms, DPA, and confidentiality declaration — are available under **Terms** on the Libra website.

<Note>
  This is general information, not legal advice. A firm should still make its own risk-based assessment for sensitive matters — for example where the data location is itself part of the mandate. The governing documents are the contracts and the opinion of the instructed law firm.
</Note>

## Tips

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  <Accordion title="Cite the Berner Kommentar by article when you know it">
    *"BK zu Art. 8 ZGB"* gets a tighter, faster answer than a topic-only question, and the citation links straight to that passage at Stämpfli.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Combine with Fedlex for statute + commentary">
    Fedlex gives the in-force statutory text; Stämpfli gives the doctrine. Statute + commentary is the default Swiss research pattern.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Follow a citation to read the source">
    Every Stämpfli passage Libra cites is a link to the cited document on Stämpfli's platform — useful when you need the surrounding paragraphs, the footnotes, or something to quote verbatim in a brief.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Common questions

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Can I use Libra without the Stämpfli content?">
    Yes. Libra is a complete platform on its own, and the other Swiss sources — Fedlex, OpenCaseLaw, Entscheidsuche, Zefix — are included with your subscription. Stämpfli Legal Premium is an optional add-on.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Does everyone on the team get it automatically?">
    No. You buy a number of licenses, then assign them to specific members on the **Team Members** tab. Only members holding a license see **Stämpfli** in their Research picker.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Can a team outside Switzerland buy it?">
    No. The module is offered only to teams whose registered country is Switzerland, so it does not appear on the subscription page of a German, Austrian or other non-Swiss team.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="I already have a Swisslex account — can I connect it?">
    No. Libra has no Swisslex integration, and there is no way to attach a Swisslex subscription to your workspace.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Are there per-document or per-use charges?">
    No. You pay a fixed amount per license, per year or per month, and use of the library is unlimited — no per-document or per-query fees on top.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Next steps

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  <Card title="Switzerland" icon="flag" href="/en/integrations/switzerland/overview">
    Every Swiss research source in Libra, and which are included.
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  <Card title="Research mode" icon="book-marked" href="/en/features/chat/research-mode">
    How to pick sources and read the citations in an answer.
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