The German education landscape consists of a variety of formal and non-formal education opportunities. However, this is precisely where the problem often lies, as it is not easy to keep track of who is responsible for what and when. The provision of day-care centres, including after-school care, is the responsibility of the municipalities, whereas the ownership of schools lies with the municipalities or the federal state. While the latter is responsible for school curriculum and teaching staff (internal school matters) in accordance with their constitutionally guaranteed sovereignty over education

University of Virginia Law Professor Awarded Prestigious Max Planck Law Fellowship to Study Taxation and Social Policy in Federated States - Ruth Mason , the Edwin S. Cohen Distinguished Professor of Law and Taxation and the Class of 1941 Research Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law, has been awarded a multiyear legal fellowship by the Max Planck Society (MPS) to research problems at the intersection of taxation and social policy. She will be hosted by the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance and the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy,

In its climate protection decision of 24 March 2021, which has often been described as epoch-making, the German Federal Constitutional Court derives from the Basic Law a right of defence against the threat of destruction of our liberal order. The decision is innovative insofar as a threat to fundamental rights is, under certain conditions, equated with an encroachment on fundamental rights. However, can concrete obligations for the welfare state be derived from this future-oriented protection of fundamental rights? Prof. Ulrich Becker explored this question in an essay that has now also been

The staff of the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy in Munich were delighted to welcome the President elect of the Max Planck Society (MPS), Prof. Patrick Cramer, and Secretary General Dr. Simone Schwanitz at the end of January. In talks with Director Prof. Ulrich Becker , Director Emeritus Prof. Axel Börsch-Supan and the staff, the chemist, who is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Natural Sciences in Göttingen, presented his vision for the future of the MPS. A central component of this vision is not only the recruitment of the most promising scientists,