Max Planck Law[1] is a research network connecting nine 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.
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. 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]
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. ISBN978-3-525-30204-0.
↑ 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. ISBN978-3-525-30204-0.
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