Home Max Planck Research Groups Max Planck Research Groups The following research groups currently exist at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory: Global Legal History on the Ground Global Legal History on the Ground Max Planck Research Group | Mariana Dias Paes Legal Connectivities and Colonial Cultures in Africa Legal Connectivities and Colonial Cultures in Africa Max Planck Research Group | Inge Van Hulle Former Max Planck Research Groups Governance of the Universal Church after the Council of Trent Former Max Planck Research Group | Benedetta Albani