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 Max Planck Research Group Legal Connectivities and Colonial Cultures in Africa Max Planck Research Group Translations and Transitions - Legal Practice in 19th Century Japan, China, and the Ottoman Empire Max Planck Research Group Former Max Planck Research Groups Governance of the Universal Church after the Council of Trent Former Max Planck Research Group