(Image source: Taylor&Francis) Reviewing a collective work, an encyclopaedia no less, is not an easy task. How do you start your reading? Is one supposed to read it from cover

to cover, from the first to the last entry in the order of print? Or is one to focus on the most important entries (and in that case how does one select them)? Put [...]

Guests: Johanna Fink & Marc Bovermann (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law) How can a democracy protect and safeguard its core values without inadvertently

harming them and becoming an authoritarian state? This crucial legal and political question forms the starting point for this episode of the Lawcast. [...]

Guest: Tatjana Hörnle (Director of the Department of Criminal Law, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law) Beyond a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’, consent

to sexual activity is a nuanced concept deeply intertwined with respect, personal boundaries, and human dignity. [...]

Guest: Valérie Rosoux (University of Louvain (Belgium) and Max Planck Law Fellow) Today's episode explores the complexities of mediation in some of the world's most intractable

conflicts. Valérie Rosoux joins Christopher Murphy to discuss how deep-rooted animosity and intergenerational mistrust make third-party brokered mediation particularly [...]

Guest: Erik Tuchtfeld (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law) The Internet connects people from across the globe: it facilitates communication

and has single-handedly transformed education, commerce, and entertainment. But who controls what we can say and find on the Internet? Or better put, who are the [...]

Guest: René Urueña (Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá (Colombia) and Max Planck Law Fellow) Is Latin America on the verge of a clash between human rights and the growing

influence of Christian Evangelicals? This episode of the Max Planck Lawcast delves into the rise of Evangelical Christianity in Latin America. [...]

Guest: Janne Mende (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law) This episode delves into the US Supreme Court's 2022 decision to overturn the constitutional

right to abortion, a ruling that sparked intense national protest and division. Janne Mende and Christopher Murphy analyse the decision, connecting it to the concept [...]

Guest: Lara Bucholski (Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law) During the years that it was in power, the Nazi regime made far-reaching changes

to German civil law, especially family law. Marriage was understood as a societal 'service', children were deemed to be the nation's 'most precious asset', and mothers [...]

Guest: Raphael Schäfer (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law) One of international law’s greatest concerns is ensuring peace. However, sometimes

this simply isn't possible. In such instances, the goal of international law then swings towards guaranteeing ‘humane’ warfare and resolving conflicts as quickly [...]

Guest: Antoine Vauchez (University of Paris 1-Sorbonne and Max Planck Law Fellow) On today’s episode Christopher Murphy is joined by Antoine Vauchez to focus on the re-invention

of a central concept of contemporary European democracy, namely that of ‘independence’. [...]