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At the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, scholars pursue research relating to basic issues and current developments in the areas of public international law, European Union law, and the constitutional and administrative law of individual states, together with numerous visiting scholars from all over the world. In its fields, our library is the largest in Europe and one of the most comprehensive in the world.


Recent Publications

Villarreal, Pedro: The Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies. SSRN, 21 May 2023 (with Roojin Habibi, et al, International Commission of Jurists, Global Health Law Consortium).

Peters, Anne: The War in Ukraine and the Curtailment of the Veto in the Security Council. In: Revue Européenne du Droit 5, 87-93 (2023).

Mende, Janne: Public Interests and the Legitimation of Global Governance Actors. In: Politics & Governance 11 (3), (2023).

Jorgensen, Malcolm: 'Ideological Values and Norm Contestation in the ICC: The Afghanistan Investigation and American Opposition to Article 12(2)(a) Jurisdiction'. In: Tracing Value Change in the International Legal Order: Perspectives from Legal and Political Science. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2023, 191-210.

Kemmerer, Alexandra: Exile and Access. Lilly Melchior Roberts and the Infrastructures of International Law. In: Portraits of Women in International Law. New Names and Forgotten Faces?. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2023, 327-337.

Kriener, Florian: Quashing protests abroad: The CSTO’s intervention in Kazakhstan. Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law & International Law (MPIL) Research Paper No. 2023-10, 2023 (with Leonie Brassat).

Ley, Isabelle: Das Politische der Gemeinnützigkeit: Das Vereinsrecht zwischen Steuerrecht, Gefahrenabwehr und Antidiskriminierung. In: Die Verwaltung 55/4, 497-526 (2022).

Stendel, Robert: Beck'sches Examinatorium Besonderes Verwaltungsrecht. C.H. Beck, München, 2022, 480 p. (with Achim Seidel, Rudi Lang).

Publications 2022 / 2023