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Max Planck Lawcast
The Max Planck Lawcast showcases the academic research being conducted across the various Institutes that comprise the Max Planck Law network. With over 400 legal researchers pushing the frontiers of legal knowledge, when it comes to new and exciting legal research the Lawcast has you covered.
Episodes
Max Planck LawcastGhost in the Machine: How We Talked AI into Reality
Guest: Daria Kim (Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition) This episode of the Lawcast tackles one of the most talked-about technologies of our…
Max Planck LawcastLAW is in the AIR: 100 Years of Private Law Research
No footnotes. No long lectures. Just pure, rapid-fire legal action. To celebrate 100 years of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International…
Max Planck LawcastWho Carries the Shield? Examining Europe's New Democracy Plan
Guest: Franca Maria Feisel (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law) In this episode, Christopher Murphy is joined by Franca…
Max Planck LawcastIn the Flow: The Case for Process-Relational Functionalism
Guest: Randall Stephenson (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law) For decades, the standard method for comparing legal systems around…
Max Planck LawcastWhose 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…
Max Planck LawcastMilitant 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…
Max Planck LawcastSexual 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…
Max Planck LawcastBridging 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…
Max Planck LawcastGlobal 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…
Max Planck LawcastThe 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…
Max Planck LawcastDemocratic-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…
Max Planck LawcastKinder 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…
Max Planck LawcastThe 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…
Max Planck LawcastEurope’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…
Max Planck LawcastBetween 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…
Max Planck LawcastSeeds 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…
Max Planck LawcastBreaking 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…
Max Planck LawcastDoing 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…
Max Planck LawcastBürgergeld 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…
Max Planck LawcastThe 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…
Max Planck LawcastContemporary 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…
Max Planck LawcastEqual 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…
Max Planck LawcastComparative 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…
Max Planck LawcastRegulating 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…
Max Planck LawcastNew Kids on the Block: Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Germany and Iran
Guest: Nadjma Yassari (Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law) In this episode Christopher Murphy learns from Nadjma Yassari, head…
Max Planck LawcastLaw as a Means of Communicating Colonial Control in India
Guest: Erica Ollikainen-Read (Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory) In this episode of the Lawcast, Erica Ollikainen-Read explains to…
Max Planck LawcastArtificial Intelligence in Crime Control and Criminal Justice (Part #2)
Modern policing increasingly relies on the extensive use of personal data collected in large-scale databases which are rendered interoperable and automatically…
Max Planck LawcastArtificial Intelligence in Crime Control and Criminal Justice (Part #1)
The impact of AI on law enforcement and the administration of justice is a contentious issue, offering both promise and peril. While it holds the potential to…
Max Planck LawcastEU Security and Defence in a New Geopolitical Era
Guest: Carolyn Moser (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law) In this episode Christopher Murphy holds a captivating discussion…
Max Planck LawcastColonial Law and Missionaries in South Africa and Zambia
Guest: Alicia Haripershad (Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory) In this episode Christopher Murphy talks with Alicia Haripershad about her…
Max Planck LawcastProvincial Poor Laws and Pauper Auctions: The Elizabethan Welfare System in Colonial Canada
Guest: Victoria Hooton (Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory) In this episode Christopher Murphy travels back in time with Victoria Hooton…
Max Planck LawcastUnjust Enrichment and the Law of Obligations
Guest: Valentin Pinel le Dret (Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law) In this episode Christopher Murphy talks with Valentin Pinel…
Max Planck LawcastYes Means Yes and No Means No? The Debate on Consent as a Legal Standard in Rape Offences
Guest: Cristina Valega Chipoco (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law) In this episode Christopher Murphy sits down with Cristina…