The EU AI Act’s Impact on Security Law
December 11, 2024The EU AI Act’s Impact on Security Law – this is the title of the first debate series co-organized by Verfassungsblog and the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law.
Does Leaning Left Politically Make You a More Prosocial Person?
December 05, 2024It is often assumed that people who hold left-wing political beliefs have stronger prosocial traits and are more altruistic than those who support right-wing parties. But is this really the case? A comprehensive study conducted by the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law now found that while there is a connection between political orientation and prosociality, it is weaker than previously assumed.
Existenz und Geltung des Rechts
November 27, 2024
Recent publication (in German) by Ralf Poscher
Validity is considered to be the specific form of existence of law. However, norms obviously also exist when they are not yet valid but are already the subject of legislative proceedings, or in judicial trials in which their lack of validity is first established.
More Domestic Violence During the Pandemic
November 25, 2024Violence against partners and children is a major problem in our society. During the pandemic, existing challenges for those affected and the support system became even more pronounced. Taking the federal state of Baden-Württemberg as an example, a research group at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law has investigated this issue. The researchers have now published preliminary results on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on November 25.
An Oath Against Tax Evasion
November 07, 2024Have you ever been dishonest on your tax return in order to pay less tax? Would a written “oath of honesty” that you had to sign have stopped you? Yes, that is likely, says a group of more than 40 international scientists who analyzed this phenomenon in a mega-study with over 21,000 participants. To do so, they used an extensive psychological examination of behavior in a kind of tax evasion game.
Honor for Sarah Katharina Stein
October 21, 2024Sarah Katharina Stein has been honored with the 2023 Faculty Award by the Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) of Munich. The award comes in recognition of her outstanding dissertation, written at LMU: “Staatliche Aufgaben oder staatliches Aufgeben? Die Gefahren militärischen Outsourcings” [State Mandate or State of Abandonment? The dangers of military outsourcing].
