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How do legal ideas travel across time, language, and culture? Apply to the Max Planck Summer Academy for Legal History, 6–17 July 2026, Frankfurt. This year's theme: Legal Literacy. Apply by 31 January. lhlt.mpg.de/summeracademy/…

🎼 What does musical harmony have to do with the well-ordered state? Join us for an online public lecture by Prof. Marietta Auer, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory. 🗓 Oct 16 | ⏰ 20:30–21:45 (CST) 💻 Zoom ID: 827 8976 1645 | Code: 626862 📍 Language: English #PKUSTL

Die Woche in Büchern – neu bei D&H: duncker-humblot.de/buecher/neuers… @SarahFrhlingsd1 @mpilhlt #Gewohnheitsrecht #MoPeG #GermanImmigrants #Ökozid #Schulbegleitung #Betriebsrat #staatlicheModeration #Bankenaufsichtsrecht #Rechtsästhetik #Strafzumessungsrecht

Marietta Auer zeigt, dass die vielfältigen Beziehungen zwischen Recht und Musik fundamental für das Sinnverständnis rechtlicher und staatlicher Ordnungen sind: duncker-humblot.de/buch/recht-har… @mpilhlt #Gerechtigkeitstheorie #Rechtswissenschaftsgeschichte #Rechtsästhetik #Rechtsmathematik

📢 Legal historians & legal theorists: Rechtsgeschichte – Legal History Rg 33 (2025) is coming soon. From multilingual law in antiquity to digital corpora & visual narratives, RG 33 asks: What is law? 🔗 Subscribe now & get it first: lhlt.communication.mpg.de/a.php?sid=ei9.…

Nutz' deine Chance! Es besteht die Möglichkeit auf einen Ausbildungsplatz in der Verwaltung für 2025 durch eine kurzfristige Absage. Spätester Startzeitpunkt ist der 01.10.2025. Wir freuen uns auf deine Bewerbung an jobs@lhlt.mpg.de .

Reinach and the Foundations of Private Law', a new blog by @marietta_auer, @pbaronmiller, Henry E. Smith and @profjamestoomey, author of REINACH AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF PRIVATE LAW 📚 cup.org/4f32atM

Today, we open our Summer Academy: two weeks of legal history, theory, and debate. From abolition to decolonization, participants explore law as struggle - and as continuous work, as Jhering put it in 1872. Want to join next year? Sign up for updates: listserv.gwdg.de/mailman/listin…

Die Abteilung Multidisziplinäre Rechtstheorie (Prof. Marietta Auer) sucht 2 studentische/wiss. Hilfskräfte (m/w/d). 🔹 Flexible Arbeitszeiten 🔹 Forschung in Recht & Theorie 🔹 Campus Westend + Home Office 🗓️ Frist: 01.07.2025 🔗 lhlt.mpg.de/stellenangebote

Wrote a PhD that rethinks Europe’s legal past through a global lens? The Max Planck-ASLH Dissertation Prize wants your work. 💶 €2,500/month 🏠 Apartment in Frankfurt ✈️ Travel costs covered 📅 Deadline: June 1, 2025 🧠 For PhD/JSDs awarded in 2024 aslh.net/award/maxplanc…

📢 Call for Papers: “The Mixed Courts of Egypt, 1876–1949 – between imperial internationalism and shared legal knowledge” 🗓️ 23–24 Feb 2026 Submit by: 1 July 2025 | Travel funding available More info: lhlt.mpg.de/4599508/the-mi…

We are looking for Postdoctoral Research Fellows as well as Doctoral Students for the research field Legal Transfer in the Common Law World, under the directorship of Professor Stefan Vogenauer. Deadline: 19 March 2025. lhlt.mpg.de/job-offers

Sie interessieren sich für unsere Arbeit, aber es ist keine passende Stelle ausgeschrieben? Über Initiativbewerbungen freuen wir uns jederzeit: lhlt.mpg.de/3488078/unsoli…

How did labour law enforcement ideas spread across borders? A Call for Papers invites scholars to explore this at a workshop led by our researcher Johanna Wolf and colleagues, focusing on dispute resolution and compliance mechanisms. CfP: lhlt.mpg.de/4587776

Who defines antisemitism—and with what consequences? Our director Marietta Auer explores this question in her latest Merkur column, analyzing the Bundestag's recent resolution and its legal and societal impact. merkur-zeitschrift.de/artikel/rechts…

Just 2 days left to apply for our Summer Academy for Legal History 2025 - whether you are a Master student, PhD student or postdoc. All you have to do is send your CV, motivation letter and project description. We look forward to hearing from you! lhlt.mpg.de/3577611/