Library

The Van Vollenhoven library
Our library contains around 23,000 books, journals and historical documents under the care of a specialized librarian. The thematic collections include: (1) a collection of comparative works on law, governance and development in the developing world; (2) a collection on modern (1945–present) Indonesian law, a rarity outside Indonesia; (3) a reference collection on law and governance in other developing countries and regions, namely Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, the Dutch Antilles, Surinam, and increasingly, China and other Asian countries; and (4) a unique, comprehensive collection on the laws of Indonesia, Surinam and the Netherlands Antilles under colonial administration.
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