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Max Planck Law Welcomes New Chair: Anne Röthel - Max Planck Law

Max Planck Law @maxplancklaw.bsky.social · 2d

Call for Applications: @maxplanck.de invites proposals for Max Planck Research Group Leaders (all disciplines). Successful candidates will lead an independent group for six years, with possible extension. Deadline: 14 October: www.mpg.de/career/max-p... #AcademicOpportunities

Max Planck Law @maxplancklaw.bsky.social · 7d

How do digital technologies reshape rights? Recent Max Planck Law work includes ‘humanet3’ on AI and rights; Anna Sophia Tiedeke’s study of Meta, its Oversight Board and IHRIs; and Elisa Orrù’s analysis of privacy and personal data in the AI era: law.mpg.de/impact/right... @erik.d-64.social #Impacts

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Max Planck Law @maxplancklaw.bsky.social · 7d

Max Planck Law Welcomes New Chair: Anne Röthel

As of today (1 October 2025), Professor Dr Anne Röthel, Managing Director at MPI-Hamburg, assumes the Chair of Max Planck Law.

Read more: https://law.mpg.de/news/max-planck-law-welcomes-new-chair-anne-rothel/

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Max Planck Law @maxplancklaw.bsky.social · 8d

Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology invites applications for 2026 fellowships on ‘Complexity as a Topic of Law’. For more information in German and to apply by 15 November: web.eth.mpg.de/data_export/... #AcademicOpportunities

Legal Geography - Max Planck Law

Max Planck Law @maxplancklaw.bsky.social · 9d

On 10 Oct, the Initiative ‘Legal Research Methods’ hosts Antonia Layard for an online session introducing legal geography, exploring how law produces space and how space produces law, with methods from doctrinal analysis to ethnography and visual studies: law.mpg.de/event/legal-... #InitiativeEvent

This session will introduce legal geography as an approach that examines how law produces space and spatiality and, conversely, how law is produced by space and spatiality.

National Security Expulsions beyond Non-refoulement - Max Planck Law

Max Planck Law @maxplancklaw.bsky.social · 12d

On 30 September, the Initiative ‘Security and Law’ hosts Jasmine Sommerdal for a talk on ‘National Security Expulsions Beyond Non-Refoulement’. The lecture compares approaches of global and regional human rights bodies to expulsions on security grounds: law.mpg.de/event/nation... #InitiativeEvent

Dr Jasmine Sommerdal comparatively examines how the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC) and the main regional human rights bodies have addressed expulsions on national security grounds, beyond...

Book Panel and City Tour: ‘Verfassungsorte / Constitutional Places’ - Max Planck Law

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Max Planck Law @maxplancklaw.bsky.social · 15d

On 1 October, Max Planck Law and MPI-Frankfurt host Book Panel and City Tour: ‘Verfassungsorte / Constitutional Places’. The event features a panel, lunch, and visits to Frankfurt sites where constitutional principles have been debated for over 500 years: law.mpg.de/event/book-p...
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A lively and informal introduction to the book 'Constitutional Places', and the themes it engages at the interdisciplinary intersection of law, history, and architecture.

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Feminist Legal Theory - Max Planck Law

Max Planck Law @maxplancklaw.bsky.social · 13d

On 30 Sept, the Initiative ‘Minerva LAW Network’ hosts Luana Mathias Souto for ‘Interdisciplinary Approaches to Feminist Legal Theory’. The talk explores how mixed methods and interdisciplinarity can strengthen responses to structural gender inequalities: law.mpg.de/event/interd...
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This event will, among other things, explore how interdisciplinarity can contribute to the evolution of Feminist Legal Theory.

Book Panel and City Tour: ‘Verfassungsorte / Constitutional Places’ - Max Planck Law

Max Planck Law @maxplancklaw.bsky.social · 15d

On 1 October, Max Planck Law and MPI-Frankfurt host Book Panel and City Tour: ‘Verfassungsorte / Constitutional Places’. The event features a panel, lunch, and visits to Frankfurt sites where constitutional principles have been debated for over 500 years: law.mpg.de/event/book-p...
#MPINetworkEvent

A lively and informal introduction to the book 'Constitutional Places', and the themes it engages at the interdisciplinary intersection of law, history, and architecture.

Max Planck Law @maxplancklaw.bsky.social · 16d

The Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg is inviting applications for two Doctoral Researcher positions in corporate and capital markets law as well as comparative law. Apply by 5 October: mpi-privatrecht-hh.softgarden.io/job/59413193... #Vacancy

Max Planck Law @maxplancklaw.bsky.social · 16d

The Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg is inviting applications for two Postdoc/Habilitation positions in corporate, commercial, and capital markets law. Apply by 5 October: mpi-privatrecht-hh.softgarden.io/job/59446690... #Vacancy

Max Planck Law @maxplancklaw.bsky.social · 16d

The latest Lawcast tackles one of today’s most urgent legal questions: consent to sexual activity. Christopher Murphy speaks with Tatjana Hörnle on the reform of sexual assault laws across Europe and the challenges of shaping effective legislation. 🎧 law.mpg.de/lawcast/?id=...
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Automated Private Enforcement: Evidence from the Google Fonts Case - Max Planck Law

Max Planck Law @maxplancklaw.bsky.social · 20d

Reminder: On 19 September, the Initiative ‘Max Planck Law | Tech | Society’ hosts Alexander Stremitzer and Jakob Merane on ‘Automated Private Enforcement: Evidence from the Google Fonts Case’. Register now: law.mpg.de/event/automa... #InitiativeEvent

Can an automated private enforcement via AI-powered enforcement bots substitute for class action? Our new Working Paper suggests it can and might lead to a major disruption within the legal system.

Chinaʼs Supreme Peopleʼs Court: Understanding What It Does - Max Planck Law

Max Planck Law @maxplancklaw.bsky.social · 22d

On 25 September, the Initiative ‘China, Law, and Society’ hosts an online event: Susan Finder will discuss the SPC in the Xi Jinping New Era, focusing on foreign-related matters, judicial reform, and its institutional history. Register here: law.mpg.de/event/chinas...
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Professor Finder will provide an overview of its work and operation in the Xi Jinping New Era, focusing especially on its work in foreign-related matters and judicial reform.

Spotlight on Initiatives: Law, Climate Change, and the Environment - Max Planck Law

Max Planck Law @maxplancklaw.bsky.social · 23d

The Initiative ‘Law, Climate Change, and the Environment’ began in 2023 as a reading group. It now brings together researchers and experts to explore how law responds to ecological crises, from health to corporate responsibility. Learn more: law.mpg.de/news/spotlig...
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Max Planck Law @maxplancklaw.bsky.social · 27d

#ESIL2025 ‘Reconstructing International Law’ started today in Freie Universität Berlin! Come over to our stand to see some of the most recent OA publications from across the Max Planck Law network. @esil-sedi.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @mpil.de

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Max Planck Law @maxplancklaw.bsky.social · 28d

𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐱 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐤 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬

We welcome expressions of interests for directorships at several Institutes, including for a number within the Max Planck Law network. For more info: www.mpg.de/25111395/mpg...

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Critical Future Studies - Max Planck Law

Max Planck Law @maxplancklaw.bsky.social · Sep 5

Invitation to (online) talk on Critical Future Studies, with Mitchell Travis (Associate Professor of Law and Social Justice at the University of Leeds), organized by our Legal Research Methods Initiative.

Register here: law.mpg.de/event/critic...

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This talk explores science fiction as a legal research method for examining the futures of law

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Max Planck Law @maxplancklaw.bsky.social · Aug 29

Our latest #Impact page on ‘Rights in the Digital Age’ spotlights research on AI regulation, privacy, content moderation, and surveillance. From UN AI resolutions to TikTok’s ‘ban’, our scholars unpack law’s role in shaping digital rights: law.mpg.de/impact/right... @anselmkuesters.bsky.social

The International Law Commission and the Protection of the Environment in International Law - Max Planck Law

Max Planck Law @maxplancklaw.bsky.social · Aug 26

On 22 September, the Initiative ‘Law, Climate Change, and the Environment’ hosts a webinar with Patrícia Galvão Teles, Marja Lehto and Giuseppe Nesi on the role of the International Law Commission in shaping international environmental protection. Details: law.mpg.de/event/the-in... #InitiativeEvent

This webinar aims at offering a novel perspective on international law’s role in spurring environmental protection, by focussing on a hitherto under-explored actor: the International Law Commission.

Automated Private Enforcement: Evidence from the Google Fonts Case - Max Planck Law

Max Planck Law @maxplancklaw.bsky.social · Aug 25

@mpil.de is seeking candidates for a research position in the projects of Armin von Bogdandy (ICCAL), focusing on democratic resilience. Apply by 30 September: jobs.mpil.de/jobposting/4... #AcademicOpportunities

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Max Planck Law @maxplancklaw.bsky.social · Aug 22

The Initiative ‘Max Planck Law | Tech | Society’ presents ‘Automated Private Enforcement: Evidence from the Google Fonts Case’ with Alexander Stremitzer and Jakob Merane on 19 September. Register here: law.mpg.de/event/automa... #LegalTech #InitiativeEvent

Can an automated private enforcement via AI-powered enforcement bots substitute for class action? Our new Working Paper suggests it can and might lead to a major disruption within the legal system.

Max Planck Law @maxplancklaw.bsky.social · Aug 21

The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law is offering a Journalist in Residence Fellowship (6 weeks–3 months, late 2025/2026). Open to experienced journalists covering law, security, or criminology. Apply by 28 September: recruitingapp-5535.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/50...