Max Planck Law is a research network connecting nine Max Planck Institutes in Germany engaged in legal research. It is formally classified as a Graduate Center of the

Max Planck Society The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (; abbreviated MPG) is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes. Founded in 1911 as the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, it was renamed to the M ...

and has over 400 PhD students and postdoc researchers. The Max Planck Society has undertaken research in law since 1924. 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. 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. Max Planck Law Perspectives consists of articles by Max Planck Law researchers on topical legal issues are published online regularly; these are archived on a central publication platform established by the

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at the

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. Max Planck Law is consistently ranked in the top two in

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's league table of Top 500 International Law Schools.

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*{{official
Human Sciences Section
of the Max Planck Society, of which Law is a part
Max Planck Law Perspectives

Publications of the network in SSRN
Max Planck Society Scientific organisations based in Germany Legal research institutes