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In the Flow: The Case for Process-Relational Functionalism
Jun 19, 2026
Unknown duration
Whose Rules? The Battle for the New International Order
Mar 24, 2026
47m 56s
Militant Democracy in Germany: Balancing Security and Freedom of Speech
Nov 12, 2025
44m 08s
Sexual Assault Law: What Does Consent Mean?
Sep 11, 2025
30m 50s
Bridging the Divide: Mediation and Intractable Conflicts
Jul 18, 2025
43m 44s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/19/26 | ![]() In the Flow: The Case for Process-Relational Functionalism | Guest: Randall Stephenson (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law) For decades, the standard method for comparing legal systems around the world has been under fire. But what if the problem isn’t the method itself, but how we’ve been using it? On this episode of the Lawcast, Randall Stephenson argues that instead of abandoning our old tools, we need to completely rethink them. By drawing on everything from ancient philosophy to quantum physics, he reimagines law not as a static museum of rules, but as a dynamic, living web of relationships. Get ready for a fascinating conversation on how we view global law. Find out more: https://law.mpg.de/lawcast/?id=223721 | — | ||||||
| 3/24/26 | ![]() Whose Rules? The Battle for the New International Order✨ | international lawsuperpowers+3 | Malcolm Jorgensen | Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law | South China SeaChina+2 | international lawSouth China Sea+5 | — | 47m 56s | |
| 11/12/25 | ![]() Militant Democracy in Germany: Balancing Security and Freedom of Speech✨ | militant democracyfreedom of speech+3 | Johanna FinkMarc Bovermann | Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and LawMax Planck Law | Germany | militant democracyGermany+5 | — | 44m 08s | |
| 9/11/25 | ![]() Sexual Assault Law: What Does Consent Mean?✨ | sexual assault lawconsent+3 | Tatjana Hörnle | Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and LawMax Planck Law+1 | — | sexual assaultconsent+3 | — | 30m 50s | |
| 7/18/25 | ![]() Bridging the Divide: Mediation and Intractable Conflicts✨ | mediationintractable conflicts+3 | Valérie Rosoux | University of LouvainMax Planck Law | — | mediationconflict+5 | — | 43m 44s | |
| 6/6/25 | ![]() Global Gatekeepers: Online Oversight and Internet Content Moderation✨ | online content moderationinternet governance+3 | Erik Tuchtfeld | Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International LawMax Planck Law | — | internetcontent moderation+3 | — | 55m 22s | |
| 5/8/25 | ![]() The Politics of Faith: Evangelicalism and Human Rights in Latin America✨ | EvangelicalismHuman Rights+5 | René Urueña | Universidad de Los AndesMax Planck Law | Latin AmericaBogotá | EvangelicalismHuman Rights+6 | — | 49m 18s | |
| 3/25/25 | ![]() Democratic-Liberal Norms Under Fire: Abortion Rights in the United States✨ | abortion rightsUS Supreme Court+4 | Janne Mende | Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law | United States | abortionSupreme Court+5 | — | 35m 22s | |
| 2/17/25 | ![]() Kinder und Küche: Women, Marriage, and Children in Nazi Germany✨ | Nazi regimefamily law+3 | Lara Bucholski | Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law | Nazi Germany | Nazi regimefamily law+5 | — | 39m 54s | |
| 1/28/25 | ![]() The International Regulation of Warfare: A History of Power, Law, and Humanity✨ | international lawwarfare+3 | Raphael Schäfer | Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International LawMax Planck Law | — | international lawwar+4 | — | 42m 28s | |
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| 12/6/24 | ![]() Europe’s 'Independence Wars'✨ | European democracyindependence+3 | Antoine Vauchez | University of Paris 1-SorbonneMax Planck Law+1 | PolandHungary | independenceEuropean Union+3 | — | 34m 12s | |
| 11/11/24 | ![]() Between Reason and Emotion: The Syriacs' Experience of Law, Identity, and Survival | Guest: Kadir Eryilmaz (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology) In this episode, Christopher Murphy talks with Kadir Eryilmaz about his ethnographic field research on the Syriacs, a small and often overlooked community from Turkey. They explore how marginalized groups, like the Syriacs, form their understanding of the law and how their experiences shape their views on human rights. Through real-life examples, they discuss how past interactions with legal authorities shape the way people approach the law today. | — | ||||||
| 10/2/24 | ![]() Seeds of Discord: Inside Apple’s EU Tax Controversy | Guest: Ruth Mason (University of Virginia School of Law and Max Planck Law Fellow) In a dramatic upset in September 2024, Apple and Ireland lost their state aid case before the European Union’s highest court. This decision—which is set to cost Apple over €13 billion—represents the most expensive state aid recovery ever. Today's guest, Ruth Mason, offers a play-by-play of the case. The episode takes listeners through the European Commission’s administrative procedure, the judgment of the General Court of the European Union, and finally the judgment of the European Court of Justice. Along the way, it offers criticism of the legal theory the Commission took in the case, as well as insights into Apple’s global tax plan and why that tax plan failed. Broader implications concerning the competitive position of the European Union and the future of US-EU tax relations are also discussed. | — | ||||||
| 9/11/24 | ![]() Breaking Barriers: How Intergroup Contact Can Reduce Discrimination | Guest: Sergio Mittlaender (FGV Law School in São Paulo and Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy) In this podcast, we explore a fascinating study by Lisa Lenz and Sergio Mittlaender on the effects of intergroup contact on discrimination. Through economic experiments, the researchers investigate how structured interactions between individuals from opposing political groups—Democrats and Republicans—can reduce discrimination, further examining the conditions that are necessary for intergroup contact to be effective. Tune in to discover how this research sheds light on human behaviour and offers valuable insights for policymakers working to foster inclusion, integration, and the reduction of prejudice. | — | ||||||
| 7/29/24 | ![]() Doing It Right, Doing It Wrong - Experimental Evidence on the Expressive Power of Legal Mechanisms | Guest: Mahdi Khesali (Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods) Normative ambiguity, which stems from conflicting norms, can lead to inefficiency and self-serving behaviour. In this episode, Mahdi Khesali introduces a study that he and his colleague Yoan Hermstrüwer have conducted. Based on a 'stealing game', Mahdi discusses how voting on a given moral norm affects our moral compass. The findings emphasize the importance of expressive law and how effectively-designed voting mechanisms can communicate normative consensus. (Audio Production: www.citysoundstudio.de) | — | ||||||
| 6/19/24 | ![]() Bürgergeld in Germany (Citizens Benefit Act): System, Changes, and Challenges | Guest: Rick Sallaba (Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy) It has been over a year now since the German government introduced Bürgergeld. The reforms present a major reworking of Germany’s unemployment benefits system. While Bürgergeld has done away with a number of sanctions that were deemed unfair and counterproductive, not everyone is impressed by this new approach to unemployment and serious concerns have been raised that the benefits are now too attractive (and expensive). To break the concept of Bürgergeld down with more reason and less emotion, Christopher Murphy is today joined in the studio by the legal scholar Rick Sallaba. (Audio Production: www.citysoundstudio.de) | — | ||||||
| 5/22/24 | ![]() The Law of Unjust Enrichment in India | Guest: Ragini Surana (Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory) Suppose you pay someone more than you intended to by mistake. What rule of law can be used to rectify the situation? It is not the law of contract because neither of you anticipated this possibility. Nor is it a tort because neither of you have committed a wrong. In this episode Christopher Murphy talks with Ragini Surana about the law of restitution for unjust enrichment with a particular analysis of the introduction and application of the law in India. (Audio Production: www.citysoundstudio.de) | — | ||||||
| 4/10/24 | ![]() Contemporary Fathers, Care, and the Law | Guest: Alice Margaria (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology) Defining what makes someone a father has become a complex task in contemporary Europe. What roles are attributed to genetics, marriage, gender, and active involvement in a child's life? Courts are increasingly grappling with these questions, prompted by a combination of societal shifts and scientific advancements, including assisted reproductive technologies and the growing social acceptance of LGBTQ families. In this episode, Alice Margaria reveals how the European Court of Human Rights has – perhaps inadvertently – played a significant role in reshaping notions of fatherhood. Indeed, in recent decades the Court has increased its focus on paternal care, thereby expanding the boundaries of legal fatherhood to encompass a growing number of unconventional fathers. (Audio Production: www.citysoundstudio.de) | — | ||||||
| 3/20/24 | ![]() Equal Pay in the 1948 Italian Constitution: A Pioneering Role in Europe? | Guest: Nina Cozzi (Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory) After the liberation of Italian territory from the Nazi-Fascist regime, the government begun work on the drafting of a new constitution. One of the most novel aspects of the 1948 constitution was Article 37, which entitled working women the right to equal pay with their male counterparts. In this episode, Nina Cozzi reconstructs the path that led to the introduction of equal pay in 1948, with a clear focus on how women’s access to what had previously been considered ‘male jobs’ provided the impetus for more frequent and vocal demands for fairness. Moreover, she highlights how employers reacted to this major legal innovation and ends by looking at whether the principle of equal pay in Italy has indeed stood the test of time. (Audio Production: www.citysoundstudio.de) | — | ||||||
| 2/19/24 | ![]() Comparative Law in Action: Applying Foreign Law in German Courts | Guest: Jan Peter Schmidt (Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law) In this episode Jan Peter Schmidt discusses the long-standing tradition that the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and Private International Law (MPI) has of providing expert opinions on foreign law for German courts. To this end, the MPI supports judges in resolving cross-border cases which according to the rules of private international law are to be decided not according to German law but to foreign law. (Audio Production: www.citysoundstudio.de) | — | ||||||
| 1/22/24 | ![]() Regulating Star Power: Legal Challenges for Nuclear Fusion | Guest: Philipp Sauter (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law) In this episode Christopher Murphy talks with Philipp Sauter about nuclear fusion. As opposed to nuclear fission, i.e., splitting a heavy atomic nucleus into smaller nuclei, nuclear fusion uses the opposite approach to combine - or fuse - light atomic nuclei into heavier ones. Through recent scientific breakthroughs the possibility of using nuclear fusion to provide the world with a practically inexhaustible source of green energy has become tantalisingly close. Consequently, the time is right to discuss how this tremendous power should be best regulated to ensure maximum safety while not stifling scientific ingenuity. (Audio Production: www.citysoundstudio.de) | — | ||||||
| 12/13/23 | ![]() New Kids on the Block: Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Germany and Iran | Guest: Nadjma Yassari (Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law) In this episode Christopher Murphy learns from Nadjma Yassari, head of the Research Group 'Changes in God’s Law' at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg, how societal beliefs and assumptions on the role of mothers and fathers have led legislatures in Germany and Iran to accept or reject egg donation to overcome infertility. (Audio Production: www.citysoundstudio.de) | — | ||||||
| 11/20/23 | ![]() Law as a Means of Communicating Colonial Control in India | Guest: Erica Ollikainen-Read (Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory) In this episode of the Lawcast, Erica Ollikainen-Read explains to Christopher Murphy that the British Empire was not just shipping, merchants, soldiers, cannon, and conquest. Rather, some of the most long-lasting parts of the British Empire are the ideas, laws, and symbols which Britain transplanted to their colonies, some of which remain to this day. One such case in point is India, where the British colonial presence and the nature of Britain’s priorities shifted over time. By viewing the law from the perspective of communication, we can see how colonial legal culture and the way in which it was used as a tool for control in India also changed. (Audio Production: www.citysoundstudio.de) | — | ||||||
| 10/23/23 | ![]() Artificial Intelligence in Crime Control and Criminal Justice (Part #2) | Modern policing increasingly relies on the extensive use of personal data collected in large-scale databases which are rendered interoperable and automatically searchable through modern AI technologies. With this strategy, security authorities seek to become more effective and efficient, to the point that potential offenders may be automatically detected before a crime occurs. However, AI-powered predictive policing entails a range of concerns as it not only serves to radically expand the state’s powers of surveillance and coercion but can result in bias and opacity, thereby subverting well-established legal standards. In Part #2 of this special series, Christian Thönnes (MPI Freiburg) hosts a round table discussion with Nandor Knust (Tromso) and Tatiana Tropina (Leiden). For additional information: https://csl.mpg.de/forschungsgruppen/crime-control-and-criminal-justice (Audio Production: www.citysoundstudio.de) | — | ||||||
| 10/23/23 | ![]() Artificial Intelligence in Crime Control and Criminal Justice (Part #1) | The impact of AI on law enforcement and the administration of justice is a contentious issue, offering both promise and peril. While it holds the potential to reshape these domains, there are inherent dangers to navigate. Chief among these concerns is the potential for AI to amplify state powers, risking coercion, intrusion, and excessive surveillance, all of which raise significant human rights issues. In Part #1 of this special series, Linus Ensel (MPI Freiburg) hosts a round table discussion with Emmanouil Billis (MPI Freiburg), Julian Roberts (Oxford), and Elizabeth Tiarks (Northumbria). For additional information: https://csl.mpg.de/forschungsgruppen/crime-control-and-criminal-justice (Audio Production: www.citysoundstudio.de) | — | ||||||
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