n 2014 the oldest swedish court of appeal, Svea Hovrätt in Stockholm, celebrated its quadricentennial. The co-founder of the Olin Foundation for legal history, Gustav Olin, served as judge at the I Svea Court of Appeal, and the foundation contributed to this celebration by publishing a volume edited by Professor Mia Korpiola, The Svea Court of Appeal in the Early Modern Period: Historical Reinterpretations and New Perspectives (Rättshistoriska studier, vol. 26). In October 2014 the foundation arranged an international symposium on the premises of the Svea Court of Appeal. The second day of the symposium was devoted to talks by legal historians from different countries in Europe as well as from the United States and Australia, who focused on central problems within current legal historical research regarding the jurisdictions of the courts of appeal (appellate courts), the appellate judiciaries and the complex relationship between the appellate courts’ decisions and the emperor or the king. The conference provided a forum for an engaging exchange of thoughts and opinions, which have stimulated further discussions. We want to thank all of the contributors and participants for making this conference possible. The conference papers are of impressive scholarly quality and their publication in this volume will make them available to a wide circle of readers. Martin Sunnqvist Lund in August 2018 Kjell Å Modéer Preface
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