Jurisprudence

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

Legal experts at the MPI for Comparative Public Law and International Law examine the respone of WHO in curbing the coronavirus pandemic more

Eleven legal experts from different European countries argue in favour of European bonds to help with economic recovery more

In her essay, Max Planck Director Ayelet Shachar describes how governments in western countries are increasingly trying to control access to their territories from a distance and monitor the mobility of their own citizens more

On the occasion of World Water Day on 22 March, the United Nations drew attention to the fact that water is a scarce commodity in many regions of the world. The potential for conflict this holds is shown by the dispute over the waters of the Nile, which has long been smouldering between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia and is currently threatening to escalate again. The trigger is the largest dam in Africa, which Ethiopia is currently completing and which is to be filled with water from the Nile starting in summer. In her dissertation at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Philine Wehling dealt with the legal requirements for the use of transboundary watercourses using the example of the Nile. more