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Whose Rules? The Battle for the New International Order
Guest: Malcolm Jorgensen (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law) Imagine you’re on a yacht in the South China Sea. Suddenly, a US destroyer and a Chinese patrol vessel…
Militant Democracy in Germany: Balancing Security and Freedom of Speech
Guests: Johanna Fink & Marc Bovermann (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law) How can a democracy protect and safeguard its core values without inadvertently harming them…
Sexual Assault Law: What Does Consent Mean?
Guest: Tatjana Hörnle (Director of the Department of Criminal Law, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law) Beyond a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’, consent to sexual activity is a…
Bridging the Divide: Mediation and Intractable Conflicts
Guest: Valérie Rosoux (University of Louvain (Belgium) and Max Planck Law Fellow) Today's episode explores the complexities of mediation in some of the world's most intractable conflicts. Valérie…
Global Gatekeepers: Online Oversight and Internet Content Moderation
Guest: Erik Tuchtfeld (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law) The Internet connects people from across the globe: it facilitates communication and has single-handedly…
The Politics of Faith: Evangelicalism and Human Rights in Latin America
Guest: René Urueña (Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá (Colombia) and Max Planck Law Fellow) Is Latin America on the verge of a clash between human rights and the growing influence of Christian…
Democratic-Liberal Norms Under Fire: Abortion Rights in the United States
Guest: Janne Mende (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law) This episode delves into the US Supreme Court's 2022 decision to overturn the constitutional right to…
Kinder und Küche: Women, Marriage, and Children in Nazi Germany
Guest: Lara Bucholski (Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law) During the years that it was in power, the Nazi regime made far-reaching changes to German civil law,…
The International Regulation of Warfare: A History of Power, Law, and Humanity
Guest: Raphael Schäfer (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law) One of international law’s greatest concerns is ensuring peace. However, sometimes this simply isn't…
Europe’s 'Independence Wars'
Guest: Antoine Vauchez (University of Paris 1-Sorbonne and Max Planck Law Fellow) On today’s episode Christopher Murphy is joined by Antoine Vauchez to focus on the re-invention of a central concept…
Between Reason and Emotion: The Syriacs' Experience of Law, Identity, and Survival
Guest: Kadir Eryilmaz (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology) In this episode, Christopher Murphy talks with Kadir Eryilmaz about his ethnographic field research on the Syriacs, a small and…
Seeds of Discord: Inside Apple’s EU Tax Controversy
Guest: Ruth Mason (University of Virginia School of Law and Max Planck Law Fellow) In a dramatic upset in September 2024, Apple and Ireland lost their state aid case before the European Union’s…
Breaking Barriers: How Intergroup Contact Can Reduce Discrimination
Guest: Sergio Mittlaender (FGV Law School in São Paulo and Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy) In this podcast, we explore a fascinating study by Lisa Lenz and Sergio Mittlaender…
Doing It Right, Doing It Wrong - Experimental Evidence on the Expressive Power of Legal Mechanisms
Guest: Mahdi Khesali (Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods) Normative ambiguity, which stems from conflicting norms, can lead to inefficiency and self-serving behaviour. In this…
Bürgergeld in Germany (Citizens Benefit Act): System, Changes, and Challenges
Guest: Rick Sallaba (Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy) It has been over a year now since the German government introduced Bürgergeld. The reforms present a major reworking of…
The Law of Unjust Enrichment in India
Guest: Ragini Surana (Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory) Suppose you pay someone more than you intended to by mistake. What rule of law can be used to rectify the situation? It…
Contemporary Fathers, Care, and the Law
Guest: Alice Margaria (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology) Defining what makes someone a father has become a complex task in contemporary Europe. What roles are attributed to genetics,…
Equal Pay in the 1948 Italian Constitution: A Pioneering Role in Europe?
Guest: Nina Cozzi (Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory) After the liberation of Italian territory from the Nazi-Fascist regime, the government begun work on the drafting of a new…
Comparative Law in Action: Applying Foreign Law in German Courts
Guest: Jan Peter Schmidt (Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law) In this episode Jan Peter Schmidt discusses the long-standing tradition that the Max Planck Institute for…
Regulating Star Power: Legal Challenges for Nuclear Fusion
Guest: Philipp Sauter (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law) In this episode Christopher Murphy talks with Philipp Sauter about nuclear fusion. As opposed to nuclear…
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Max Planck Lawcast has published 29 episodes since July 2023, covering topics in History, Science.
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