Max Planck Law

{{Short description|Research network in Germany}}

Max Planck Law{{Cite web |title=Homepage |url=https://law.mpg.de/ |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=Max Planck Law |language=en-US}} is a research network connecting nine Max Planck Institutes in Germany engaged in legal research. It is formally classified as a Graduate Center{{Cite web |title=Max Planck Graduate Center |url=https://www.mpg.de/13833218/max-planck-graduate-center |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=www.mpg.de |language=en}} 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.{{Cite book |last=Duve |first=Thomas |title=Rechtswissenschaft in der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft [Legal Scholarship in the Max Planck Society] |last2=Kunstreich |first2=Jasper |last3=Vogenauer |first3=Stefan |publisher=Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Verlage |year=2023 |isbn=978-3-525-30204-0 |location=Göttingen |pages=4 |language=German}}{{rp|4}} 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.{{rp|4}}

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.{{rp|43}}

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 German Research Foundation at the Berlin State Library.{{cite web |title=Max Planck Law Perspectives |url=https://intr2dok.vifa-recht.de/receive/mir_mods_00012217 |publisher=²Dok |access-date=13 April 2024 |language=de |doi=10.17176/20220323-180202-1}}

Max Planck Law is consistently ranked in the top two in SSRN's league table of Top 500 International Law Schools.{{Cite web |title=SSRN - SSRN Top 500 International Law Schools |url=https://hq.ssrn.com/rankings/Ranking_Display.cfm?TMY_gID=2&TRN_gID=14 |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=hq.ssrn.com}}