Welcome to the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory

Welcome to the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory

We provide a forum for reflecting on law.
We explore its theory and history in a comparative and global perspective.
We address societal challenges by contributing to a deeper understanding of law.
Multidisciplinary Theory of Law
Department Marietta Auer
Historical Regimes of Normativity
Department Thomas Duve
European and Comparative Legal History
Department Stefan Vogenauer

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Unveiling Historical Bonds
In his recent blog article ‚Migration and trade: two sides of the same coin?‘, Thomas Duve delves into the historical intertwining of migration and trade, drawing on the insights of the School of Salamanca and its significant figures like Domingo de Soto. He shows how theologians and philosophers of the time advocated for the free movement of goods and people based on the ius gentium.
Byzantine multinormativity
Throughout his career, John Haldon has served as an intellectual link between different academic cultures, methods, and disciplines. A true scholar of Byzantine society, his work combines a meticulous treatment of texts and material evidence with a holistic approach to social history. Volume 337 of the Studien zur europäischen Rechtsgeschichte dedicated to him focusses on the history of law and legal culture in the transformation of the Roman world.
Otto Hintze ca 1900
The great German scholar Otto Hintze (1861–1940) is still known to many as a historian only of Prussia or the Hohenzollern dynasty. Yet his research went far beyond these fields and are of impressive contemporary relevance. Volume 346 of the Studien zur Europäischen Rechtsgeschichte by Hans Joas and Wolfgang Neugebauer (eds.) focuses on its impact in the historical social sciences.

Normative repertoires in long-term developments of labour relations

Apr 9, 2024 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
mpilht, Room: Turmcarrée

The uncommon law in the Privy Council

Apr 15, 2024 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
Z02

When Law Leaves the Lawbooks: Legal Diffusion and Normative Instability in Medieval Europe

Apr 23, 2024 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
mpilhlt, Room: Z01
Cover Rechtsgeschichte – Legal History 31 (2023)
Cover Studien zur Rechtstheorie – Band 001, Norberto Bobbio
Cover Global Perspectives on Legal History – Band 22, Seeking Capture, Resisting Seizure
Cover Studien zur europäischen Rechtsgeschichte - Band 346, Otto Hintze
Cover SSRN Paper 2023-13 - Dote / Dowry (DCH)
Cover Studien zur europäischen Rechtsgeschichte - Band 342, Michael Stolleis – zum Gedenken
Cover Max Planck Studies in Global Legal History of the Iberian Worlds - Band 4, The Production of Knowledge of Normativity in the Age of the Printing Press
Cover Studien zur europäischen Rechtsgeschichte - Band 337, Legal Pluralism and Social Change in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages
Cover Global Perspectives on Legal History – Band 21, Law and Diversity
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