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suum cuique tribuere dicial cultures and attitudes to international legal phenomena considered in the West-Scandinavian countries. At last some concluding remarks. At this memorable symposium participated also the “Nestor of modern research regarding the Imperial Court” the Frankfurt professor emeritus Bernhard Diestelkamp, who during his more than twenty years as emeritus has contributed with several monographs on the history of the Imperial Chamber Court.33 He did not give a paper of his own, but he took actively part in the discussions.Adiscussion after the symposiumbetween himand professor Heikki Pihlajamäki is included in this volume. The judicial themes articulated in the contributions of this volume are to be seen as scholarly contexts to the parallel volume, celebrating the first Swedish Court of Appeal, edited by professor Mia Korpiola (2014).34 They identify the deep structures of European (and American) judicial culture. The appellate courts and the High Courts are important icons not only for independence and judicial autonomy but also examples of institutions for which historical arguments have guaranteed their survival from Early modern to Late Modern Europe. 33 Diestelkamp, Bernhard, 2002; 2012; 2014. 34 Korpiola, Mia (ed.), 2014. 26

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