Max Planck Law[1] is a research network connecting 10 Max Planck Institutes in Germany engaged in legal research. It is formally classified as a Graduate Center[2] of the Max Planck Society and has over 400 PhD students and postdoc researchers. Its main purposes are to foster intra- and interdisciplinary legal research, to promote the recruitment of PhD students and postdoc researchers in law, and to raise the visibility of the legal research conducted within the Max Planck Society.

The Max Planck Society has undertaken research in law since 1924.[3] Starting with just two Max Planck Institutes dedicated to legal research. Over time, the number of institutes and departments increased to 10. In 2019, they came together as a network with the establishment of Max Planck Law.[3] Today, the Max Planck Law network accounts for almost half of the Human Sciences Section of the Max Planck Society.

The idea of 'complementarity' underpins Max Planck Law. It acknowledges that a wider range of subjects can be covered and that interdisciplinarity and internationality can be more effectively achieved through a network of institutes rather than a single isolated institute.[4]

Max Planck Law Perspectives consists of articles by Max Planck Law researchers on topical legal issues are published online regularly; these are archived on a central publication platform established by the German Research Foundation at the Berlin State Library.[5]

Max Planck Law is consistently ranked second from top in SSRN's league table of Top 500 International Law Schools.[6]

The administrative office of Max Planck Law is located in the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory, Frankfurt. Its governing body is the council, which comprises the directors of the participating institutes.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Homepage". Max Planck Law. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  2. ↑ "Max Planck Graduate Center". www.mpg.de. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  3. 1 2 Duve, Thomas; Kunstreich, Jasper; Vogenauer, Stefan (2023). Rechtswissenschaft in der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft [Legal Scholarship in the Max Planck Society] (in German). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Verlage. p. 4. ISBN 978-3-525-30204-0.
  4. ↑ Duve, Thomas; Kunstreich, Jasper; Vogenauer, Stefan (2023). Rechtswissenschaft in der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft [Legal Scholarship in the Max Planck Society] (in German). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Verlage. p. 43. ISBN 978-3-525-30204-0.
  5. ↑ "Max Planck Law Perspectives" (in German). ISSN 2748-3924. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ↑ "SSRN - SSRN Top 500 International Law Schools". hq.ssrn.com. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
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