Jurisprudence

A game-theoretical study shows when bureaucracies tend to excessive regulations more

Numerous changes in asylum and residency law have led to differences in the way that the law is applied and legal uncertainty more

The European Commission is currently negotiating with Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Mauritania to ensure that refugees do not even reach Europe's external borders - a current example of how the EU is outsourcing its responsibility for migration to third countries. Cooperation like this is increasingly taking place on an informal level. In an interview, legal scholar Luc Leboeuf from the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology talks about the risks, but also the opportunities that such agreements bring with them. more

Conditions in Greek EU hotspots and German arrival centres violate fundamental rights and EU directives more

Following the attacks by rioting youths on police officers in Stuttgart and the police violence against blacks in the USA, Max Planck Director Ralf Poscher explains in an interview the different cultures of the police in Germany and the USA and the possibilities of preventing discrimination. more