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Visit of the President of the German Federal Constitutional Court

On 9 June 2015, the President of the German Federal Constitutional Court, Prof. Dr. Andreas Voßkuhle, visited the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg. In a discussion with the Research Fellows of the Department for European and Comparative Procedural Law, President Voßkuhle answered questions on the work, role and influence of the Constitutional Court and its decisions in Germany and abroad and addressed, inter alia, the relationship of the Constitutional Court to other national and international co...


Gold medal awarded to a paper by Robert Arts, MPI Research Fellow

The prize in International Insolvency Studies was awarded by the International Insolvency Institute for the paper: “Main and Secondary Proceedings in the recast of the European Insolvency Regulation - The only good secondary proceeding is a synthetic secondary proceeding”


Civil Justice in China: Recent Developments

Workshop on the reforms of the Chinese judicial system


Lis Pendens and Res Judicata

A meeting of the Working Group ELI/Unidroit took place at the Max Planck Institute


Judge Charles N. Brower gave a lecture at the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg

Is fear triumphing over experience?
Judge Charles N. Brower gave a lecture at the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg