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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

Aust, Helmut: International Law: An Infrastructural Turn Amidst Postcolonial Worldmaking. In: De Gruyter Handbook of Cities, Infrastructure and International Relations. de Gruyter, Berlin 2026, 73-91 (with Janne E. Nijman). Link

Peters, Anne: Climate Change and the Law Surrounding Armed Conflict. The Climate of War. In: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht/Heidelberg Journal of International Law 86, 771-784 (2026).

Kriener, Florian: The Prohibition of Intervention. In: The Edward Elgar Encyclopedia of International Economic Law. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham 2026. Link

Morales Antoniazzi, Mariela: Judicial Independence as a Dimension of the Inter-American Democratic Test. Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law & International Law Research Paper No. 2026 - 10, 2026 (with Friedrich Berg). Link

Steininger, Silvia Karin: Between and Beyond Regional Perspectives on Climate Change and Human Rights. Verfassungsblog, 2026. Link

Publications 2025 / 2026