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• Children's right to have rights-on the Importance of statutory rights for Swedish children living outside the country / Johanna Schiratzki
• A response to Johanna Schiratzki / Sandra Karlsson
• Child rights without substance? : Swedish public welfare and the invisibility of children in economic support cases / Pernilla Leviner and Tim Holappa
• A response to Pernilla Leviner and Tim Holappa / Lars Lindblom
• Children's participation in legal proceedings-conditioned by adult views of children's capacity and credibility? / Anna Kaldal
• A response to Anna Kaldal / Linde Lindkvist
• Societal unease and the right to non-discrimination for youths with foreign background who are in conflict with the law / Katrin Lainpelto
• A response to Katrin Lainpelto / Rebecca Adami
• Children's right to health (care)-in light of medical advancements and developments in paediatric care / Kavot Zillén
• A response to Kavot Zillén / Margareta Aspán
• Childism-on adult resistance to children's rights / Rebecca Adami
• A response to Rebecca Adami / Katrin Lainpelto
• Five problems with children's participation rights / Linde Lindkvist
• A response to Linde Lindkvist / Anna Kaldal
• Distributive justice for children / Lars Lindblom
• A response to Lars Lindblom / Pernilla Leviner and Tim Holappa
• Article 31-the forgotten right to cultural life and the arts / Margareta Aspán
• A response to Margareta Aspán / Kavot Zillén
• Ethnography of lived rights-methodological and ethical considerations when researching rights with children / Sandra Karlsson
• A response to Sandra Karlsson / Johanna Schiratzki.

"How can human rights for children born outside their national jurisdiction with parents deemed as terrorists be safeguarded? In what ways do children risk being discriminated in their welfare rights in Sweden when treated as invisible part of a family? How can we do research on children's rights in not just ethically sensitive ways but also with respect for children as rights subjects? And what could be a theory on social justice for children? These are questions discussed in studies from different disciplines concerning children's international human rights, with a special focus on the realization of the CRC in Sweden"-- Provided by publisher.

This book presents a novel framework for studying historical legalisation using quantitative methods, with 10 fully-preserved laws from medieval Sweden, written between c. 1225 and 1350, serving as a case study. By applying a systematic classification scheme to each legal provision, it is possible to investigate the major differences and similarities in structure and content between the 10 laws. This, in turn, allows for the re-assessment of many long-standing problems in Swedish and European medieval legal history that have been challenging to address with traditional methods based on text analyses. Over the course of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, major changes in the proportion of legal provisions devoted to different fields of law, and to prescribed consequences, are found. The book shows how the proportions of civil law and public law expanded at the expense of criminal law. Furthermore, a clear transition from casuistic to more abstract law provisions can also be witnessed.
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• Upplandslagen
• Die Rechtslage der schwedischen Frau im Mittelalter
• Die schwedische Staatsreforme 1611-1654.

• Introduction
• Applicable law
• The arbitration agreement
• The arbitrators
• Jurisdiction of the arbitral tribunal
• The procedure of before the arbitral tribunal
• The award
• Setting aside arbitral awards
• Recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards

International Commercial Arbitration in Sweden offers comprehensive coverage and analysis of the principles, rules, and legal aspects of international commercial arbitration in Sweden. Sweden has long been a leading centre for international arbitrations, particularly for disputes involving parties from the Russian Federation, other Eastern European countries, and China. Written by a renowned author with more than 25 years experience, practising both as counsel and arbitrator, this book utilizes personal and professional experience to provide the non-Swedish reader with an in-depth knowledge of Swedish arbitration laws as they are applied internationally. Special attention is paid to issues relating to the conflict of laws and further aspects of private and public international law, such as issues around the enforcement of foreign awards in Sweden. This new edition features additional appendices providing a detailed overview of the key cases and legislative amendments since the publication of the first edition.
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• Introduction
• The older Västgöta Law
• The younger Västgöta Law
• The younger Västgöta Law : the Additamenta
• The Västgöta Law : Laurentius' book
• The lists of lawmen, kings and bishops
• Ordinance of Bishop Brynolf 1281

The Vastgoeta Laws contains the translation of the oldest of the Swedish provincial law codes and other texts of great relevance to the legal history. The first version, the Older Vastgoeta Law, is from the first half of the thirteenth century and the earliest example of an indigenous vernacular literacy with the Latin script from Sweden. A second and highly revised version of the law is preserved in a manuscript from the middle of the fourteenth century. This volume also contains a translation of the annotations and proposals made during the complicated negotiations between representatives of the church, the kingdom, and the community of the province. Together, the two versions of the law and the annotations offer a unique possibility to understand the making and transformation of a medieval law. The importance of the regional leaders, the lawmen, is evident from the earliest example of history writing in Sweden, illustrating the legal and political history of Vastergoetland. With an Introduction that places the province of Vastergoetland and its law into its political setting, this translation is invaluable for all students and scholars of medieval Swedish legal and political history.
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• Religion and human rights : ambiguities and ambivalences of freedom / Pamela Slotte
• Freedom of religion in Sweden from a historical perspective / Joakim Nergelius
• The significance of religion for Swedish labour and social legislation / Reinhold Fahlbeck
• EU law and religion : protecting a privileged position for majority faiths? / Ronan McCrea
• What's in a scarf? : on the ripple effect of the ECtHR's case law / Patrik Bremdal
• The freedom of religion in relation to other human rights / Karin Åström
• "... and in community with others ..." / Emma Ahlm
• Freedom of religion : conscience, dignity, and the construction of identity / Willem Vancutsem
• Ban on faith-based schools? / Lotta Lerwall
• The Swedish education system and its challenges in a multicultural society / Hedvig Bernitz
• Religious refusals in health care as a matter of freedom of religion / Kavot Zillén
• Understanding religion : a portal to the past or the key to the future? / Victoria Enkvist

In most European societies today, religion and questions about religion are increasing in relevance and importance. This development can be explained in several ways, for example by continuous demographic changes and new societal standards and values. As a consequence, the debate on the interpretation and scope of the right to freedom of religion has intensified in politics, media and, of course, law. The right to freedom of religion is complex and varies within different legal contexts at the international, European and national levels. This has resulted in a right that is ambiguous and sometimes difficult for individuals to claim and for states to assert. This book presents a variety of perspectives on the concept of freedom of religion in different European countries against the background of the European Convention on Human Rights, the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and other international treaties. It contains contributions from leading legal scholars working in these fields in Sweden, the Nordic countries and wider Europe.
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• Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables
• Part 1: Setting the Scene for Swedish Lawyers' Travels 1 Introduction 1 Research Questions 2 Previous Research 3 Sources and Methods 3.1 University Matriculation Records as Sources 3.2 The Academy of Turku in Finland as Representing the Swedish Situation 3.3 On Law Students and Universities 3.4 Comparisons 4 The Structure of the Book 2 Studies Abroad as a European Phenomenon 1 Universities in Europe 1.1 The Character of Medieval and Early Modern Universities 1.2 Teaching Law and the Emergence of a Legal Profession 2 The Travelling Student throughout the Centuries 2.1 The Peregrinatio Academica 2.2 The Noble Traveller 2.3 Swedes in Europe before the Seventeenth Century 3 Issues of Religion 3.1 The Universities and Confessional Questions 3.2 Religious Control of Student Travels 4 Summary
• Part 2: Swedish Lawyers' Education Abroad
• 3 Turku Law Students at Dutch Universities
• 1Leiden 1.1 The University of Leiden 1.2 Legal and Political Education in Leiden 1.3 Backgrounds of Turku Students in Leiden 1.4 Information on the Studies of Turku Students in Leiden 1.5 Careers of Turku Students in Leiden 2 Other Dutch Universities 3 Summary
• 4 Turku Law Students at German Universities 1 Rostock 1.1 The University of Rostock 1.2 Legal Education in Rostock 1.3 Backgrounds of Turku Students in Rostock 1.4 Information on the Studies of Turku Students in Rostock 1.5 Careers of Turku Students in Rostock 2 Jena 2.1 The University of Jena 2.2 Legal Education in Jena 2.3 Backgrounds of Turku Students in Jena 2.4 Information on the Studies of Turku Students in Jena 2.5 Careers of Turku Students in Jena 3 Halle 3.1 The University of Halle 3.2 Legal Education in Halle 3.3 Backgrounds of Turku Students in Halle 3.4 Information on the Studies of Turku Students in Halle 3.5 Careers of Turku Students in Halle 3.6 The Francke Foundations in Halle 4 Greifswald 4.1 The University of Greifswald 4.2 Legal Education in Greifswald 4.3 Backgrounds of Turku Students in Greifswald 4.4 Information on the Studies of Turku Students in Greifswald 4.5 Careers of Turku Students in Greifswald 5 Other German Universities 6 Summary
• 5 Beyond the Netherlands and Germany: Some Examples of Other Destinations 1 Dorpat 2 Rome 3 "Other Travels Abroad"
• Part 3: Reasons and Consequences
• 6 Seventeenth-Century Sweden and the Rush to Study Abroad 1 The Political Setting in Seventeenth-Century Sweden
• 1.1 The Political Reality at the Turn of the Seventeenth Century 1.2 Building a Great Power 1.3 The Position of the Nobility 1.4 Early Modern Diplomacy and the Swedish Lawyer 2 The Restructuring of the Judiciary 2.1 The Courts of Appeal 2.2 The Local Courts of the Towns and Countryside 2.3 Advocacy 3 Educational Efforts in the Seventeenth Century 3.1 Swedish Universities 3.2 The Educated Nobleman 3.3 Encouraging Studies Abroad in the Seventeenth Century 4 Student Networks 4.1 Networks of Turku Law Students 4.2 Networks Abroad 4.3 Patronage, Advancement, and Upward Social Mobility 5 Summary
• 7 The Choice of University 1 Geography and War 2 Religion 2.1 Religious Control of Studies Abroad 2.2 Pietism and Turku Law Students 3 Swedish-Dutch Relations
• 4 Summary
• 8 The Decrease in Studies Abroad in the Eighteenth Century 1 Changes in the Political Situation 1.1 Absolutism, a Weakened Aristocracy, and the Great Northern War 1.2 From the "Age of Liberty" to Gustav III's Absolutism 2 The Changing Swedish Universities 3 A More Established Judiciary 3.1 State Bureaucracy and Advancement in the Administrative System 3.2 Courts of Appeal and Town Courts Compared 4 From Reception of Foreign Law to Nationalist Inclinations? 5 Summary
• 9 Comparative Aspects 1 The Swedish Way? 2 The Lawyers' Way?
• 10 Conclusions
• Appendix 1 Swedish Monarchs 1523-1809
• Appendix 2 The Structure of the Swedish Central Administration Sources and Bibliography
• Archival Sources
• Printed Sources
• Literature
• Online Sources
• Unpublished Presentations Index of Names Index of Subjects and Places.
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In Learning Law and Travelling Europe, Marianne Vasara-Aaltonen offers an exciting account of the study journeys of Swedish lawyers in the early modern period. Based on archival sources and biographical information, the study delves into the backgrounds of the law students, their travels through Europe, and their future careers. In seventeenth-century Sweden, the state-building process was at its height, and trained officials were desperately needed for the administration and judiciary. The book shows convincingly that the studies abroad of future lawyers were intimately linked to this process, whereas in the eighteenth century, study journeys became less important. By examining the development of the Swedish early modern legal profession, the book also represents an important contribution to comparative legal history.
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• Introduction
• Studies abroad as a European phenomenon
• Turku law students at Dutch universities
• Turku law students at German universities
• Beyond the Netherlands and Germany : some examples of other destinations
• Seventeenth-century Sweden and the rush to study abroad
• The choice of university
• The decrease in studies abroad in the eighteenth century
• Comparative aspects
• Conclusions

In Learning Law and Travelling Europe, Marianne Vasara-Aaltonen offers an exciting account of the study journeys of Swedish lawyers in the early modern period. Based on archival sources and biographical information, the study delves into the backgrounds of the law students, their travels through Europe, and their future careers. In seventeenth-century Sweden, the state-building process was at its height, and trained officials were desperately needed for the administration and judiciary. The book shows convincingly that the studies abroad of future lawyers were intimately linked to this process, whereas in the eighteenth century, study journeys became less important. By examining the development of the Swedish early modern legal profession, the book also represents an important contribution to comparative legal history.
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• Introduction
• Defining women's legal status
• Married women and legal representation
• Married women and property management
• What married women could and did do : a summary and some conclusions

This book describes the ways in which married women appeared in legal practice in the medieval Swedish realm 1350-1450, through both the agency of women, and through the norms that surrounded their actions. Since there were no court protocols kept, legal practice must be studied through other sources. For this book, more than 6,000 original charters have been researched, and a database of all the charters pertaining to women created. This enables new findings from an area that has previously not been studied on a larger scale, and reveals trends and tendencies regarding aspects considered central to married women's agency, such as networks, criminal liability, and procedural capacity.
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• The institutions and legal system
• Individual rights under the Constitution
• European Union law
• Procedural law and arbitration
• Criminal law and procedure
• Administrative law and procedure
• Family law
• Legal personhood, capacity and agency
• Contract law
• Debtors and creditors
• Property law
• Tort and insurance law
• The law of business organizations
• Sales
• Intellectual property rights and unfair trade practices
• Labor and employment law
• Land leases
• Landlord tenant law

The Fundamentals of Swedish law offers foreign readers an overview and understanding of the most important aspects of the law and legal system in Sweden ... The book is written for non-Swedish lawyers faced with specific legal issues involving Swedish law. It is also addressed to foreign law students in need of an overview of the Swedish legal system ... "-- Back cover

• Introduction
• Attitudes and reactions to suicides in early modern Sweden
• Prosecuting suspected suicides : processes and obstacles
• Investigation of suicides in the lower courts
• Selectivity by the court : the influence of social standing, reputation and piety
• Conclusion.

This book explores the judicial treatment of suicides in early modern Sweden, with a focus on the criminal investigation and selective treatment of suicides in the lower courts in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Riikka Miettinen shows that reactions and attitudes towards suicides varied considerably despite harsh condemnation by officials. The indictment, investigation, and classification of suspected suicides and the mental state of a person already deceased were challenging, and depended on local co-operation and lay testimonies. Not all suicides were considered alike; a widespread view on the heinousness of suicide was not the same as agreement about specific cases, and did not result in uniform handling of them. The social status and local ties of the deceased influenced the interpretations and responses at the local lower courts and communities. Esteemed local community members had a better defence and greater chance to escape the shameful penalties.
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• Status of religious communities
• State support for Islamic religious communities
• Muslims in integration laws
• Mosques and prayer houses
• Burial and cemeteries
• Education and schools
• Further and higher (tertiary) education
• Islamic chaplaincy in public institutions
• Employment, social laws and discrimination
• Islamic slaughter and food regulations
• Islamic goods and services
• Islamic dress
• Criminal law
• Family law.

This volume of Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe covers Sweden and consists of an annotated collection of legal documents affecting the status of Islam and Muslims. The legal texts are published in the original Swedish language while the annotations and supporting material are in English. By legal documents are meant the texts of legislation, including relevant secondary legislation, as well as significant court decisions. Each legal text is preceded by an introduction describing the historical, political and legal circumstances of its adoption, plus a short paragraph summarising its content. The focus of the collection is on the religious dimensions of being Muslim in Europe, i.e. on individuals' access to practise their religious obligations and on the ability to organise and manifest their religious life.
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• Foreword by the Editors Abbreviations General Introduction
• 1. Status of religious communities
• 2. State Support for Islamic Religious Communities
• 3. Muslims in integration laws
• 4. Mosques and prayer houses
• 5. Burial and cemeteries
• 6. Education and schools
• 7. Further and higher (tertiary) education
• 8. Islamic chaplaincy in public institutions
• 9. Employment, social laws and discrimination
• 10. Islamic slaughter and food regulations
• 11. Islamic goods and services
• 12. Islamic dress
• 13. Criminal law
• 14. Family law Bibliography Index.
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This volume of Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe covers Sweden and consists of an annotated collection of legal documents affecting the status of Islam and Muslims. The legal texts are published in the original Swedish language while the annotations and supporting material are in English. By legal documents are meant the texts of legislation, including relevant secondary legislation, as well as significant court decisions. Each legal text is preceded by an introduction describing the historical, political and legal circumstances of its adoption, plus a short paragraph summarising its content. The focus of the collection is on the religious dimensions of being Muslim in Europe, i.e. on individuals' access to practise their religious obligations and on the ability to organise and manifest their religious life.
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• Introduction
• Overview of legal issues associated with public takeovers in Sweden
• Commentary on the Takeovers Act
• Commentary on the Takeover Code
• Takeover rules for certain trading platforms.

The Swedish Takeover Code is the Swedish equivalent of the UK City Code on Takeovers and Mergers. First published in the 1970s, it was largely based on the UK City Code, which served as its model. Since then, Sweden has witnessed a large number of public takeovers, many of them with a cross-border element. Historically, takeover activity on the Swedish stock market has always been more vibrant than in most European countries, and that continues to be the case to this day. Available for the first time in English, this book is the leading commentary on the Swedish Takeover Code. Written by members of the Swedish Takeover Panel, who have been directly involved in the recent overhauls of the code, it is a vital reference for any companies, lawyers, bankers, financial regulators or policy makers participating in mergers and acquisitions involving Swedish stakeholders.
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• Introduction
• Overview of legal issues associated with public takeovers in Sweden
• Commentary on the Takeovers Act
• Commentary on the Takeover Code
• Takeover rules for certain trading platforms.

The Swedish Takeover Code is the Swedish equivalent of the UK City Code on Takeovers and Mergers. First published in the 1970s, it was largely based on the UK City Code, which served as its model. Since then, Sweden has witnessed a large number of public takeovers, many of them with a cross-border element. Historically, takeover activity on the Swedish stock market has always been more vibrant than in most European countries, and that continues to be the case to this day. Available for the first time in English, this book is the leading commentary on the Swedish Takeover Code. Written by members of the Swedish Takeover Panel, who have been directly involved in the recent overhauls of the code, it is a vital reference for any companies, lawyers, bankers, financial regulators or policy makers participating in mergers and acquisitions involving Swedish stakeholders.
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• Introduction / Anna-Sara Lind, Jane Reichel & Inger Österdahl
• Free access to public documents : a heritage from 1766 / Johan Hirschfeldt
• Transparency, tradition and transfer : the Swedish model and freedom of expression in theater and "modern media" / Mats Kumlien
• Freedom of the Press Act : from then to now / Anna-Sara Lind
• Individual rights and information in EU public law / Herwig C.H. Hofmann
• Europe's security assemblages and invisable information / Deirdre Curtin
• Open European future? : the development of the right of access to information under the European Convention on Human Rights / Inger Österdahl
• Living off the Soviet legacy : confidentiality-based approach towards access to information in Russia / Mariya Riekkinen
• Governmental transparency and openness in a digital era : transparency, privacy, and democracy / Russell L. Weaver
• Significant differences between the Nordic laws on public access to documents / Oluf Jørgensen
• The Swedish right to freedom of speech, EU data protection law and the question of territoriality / Jan Reichel
• Publications based on crimes / Vilhelm Persson
• Public officials as news sources : constitutionally protected corruption or disclosures in the public interest? / Mikael Ruotsi
• The Swedish principle of transparency in the context of e-learning / Cecilia Magnusson Sjöberg
• On the openness of the digital society : from religion via language to algorithm as the basis for the exercise of public powers / Markku Suksi
• Public access to digital documents / Ragna Aarli
• Information systems, cooperation, transparency and its limits / Gustaf Wall.

"Transparency and public access to information work as a check on the exercise of power and the existence of corruption. In Sweden the constitutional right of access to documents is justified precisely by its contribution to democracy, the rule of law and efficiency in the public administration. The wide access to information in today's world also makes possible the publication of personal information about individuals' private life in an unprecedented way. Does this mean that the relative importance of the protection of privacy has to be strengthened at the cost of access to information? What will be the impact of the developing information and communication technology on access to information? The right of access to documents has traditionally been discussed on the level of domestic administration but when public administration is internationalised the issue of access to documents makes itself felt also with respect to international institutions. Will the right of access to information be realised with respect to international institutions and international administrative networks? If yes, or no, with what consequences?"-- Back cover.

• Inledning
• Uppväxtmiljö och skolgång
• Föräldrar och syskon
• Hembygden
• Skolgång
• Studier och karriär vid Uppsala universitet
• Student, doktor och docent
• Stipendier för uppehälle och karriär
• Mot professorsämbetet
• Ledamot av Juridiska fakulteten
• På nyckelposter med långa arbetsdagar
• Undervisning och tjänstledigheter
• Donationer och stiftelselagstiftning
• Juristprofessorn och sjukhusfrågorna
• Lagstiftningsarbete
• Uppdrag för Civil- och Justitiedepartementen
• Den stora reformen : en ny rättegångsbalk
• Juristkolleger och jämställdhetsfrågor
• Juridiska föreningen
• Professorskolleger och andra jurister
• Kvinnor i akademin
• I näringslivet och bankvärlden
• Ett brett intresse för affärsverksamhet
• Försäkringsbranschen : teori och praktik
• Privat juridisk verksamhet
• Ett par Uppsalaföretag
• Sågverk, gruvor och andra företag
• Bankaffärer
• Institutet för rasbiologi
• Institutet skapas och styrelse tillsätts
• Stadgeändring, ordförandeskap och chefsbyte
• Förändring av verksamheten
• Avgång ur styrelsen och institutets avveckling
• Politiskt engagemang
• Försvaret som stridsfråga
• Varken statsråd eller riksdagsman
• Ledande landstingsman
• Inval och arbete i stadsfullmäktige
• Ordförande i drätselkammare och fullmäktige
• Några särskilda fullmäktigefrågor
• Avsked från lokalpolitiken
• Krigsåren och tryckfrihetsnämnden
• I ledningen för universitetet
• Ett år som prorektor
• Vald till rektor och kvar i fakulteten
• Vardagsarbete
• Akademiska traditioner
• Representativa plikter
• Flyktingar vid universitetet
• Fakultetsorganisation och dekanval
• Ett krångligt tillsättningsärende
• Filosofistriden
• Statsvetenskaplig examen
• Byggnadsfrågor
• Jubileer och födelsedagar
• Donationer till universitetet
• Avgång och avskedsintervjuer
• Återblickar och rektorsskifte
• Rektor under krigsåren
• Undervisningen och studenterna
• Stöd till Finland och Norge
• Isolering och resursbrist
• Försvar mot luftangrepp
• Slutord om kriget och Engströmer
• Större utredningsuppdrag
• Former för professorstillsättning
• Docentutredningen
• Från universitetsrektor till utredningsordförande
• Ett medicinskt forskningsråd
• Arrendebestämmelser vid universiteten
• Tandläkarutbildning
• Professorn och studenterna
• Undervisning, examination och betyg
• Med studenter i vardag och fest
• Norrlands nation
• För många studenter och för få lärare?
• Studentbostäder
• Universitetsrektorns syn på studenterna
• Frågor om doktorsavhandlingar
• Studentidrott i freds- och krigstid
• Internationellt arbete
• Breda internationella kontakter
• Nordiskt akademiskt samarbete
• Nordiska juristmöten
• Organisationer för lufträtt
• Europarörelsen
• Föreningar, sällskap och akademier
• Föreningen Heimdal
• Nathan Söderblom-Sällskapet
• Kungl. Vetenskaps-Societeten i Uppsala
• Andra föreningar m. m
• Kulturfrågor
• Utställningar och konst
• Teaterbyggnad
• Kulturrådet
• Författare och föreläsare
• Vetenskapliga arbeten
• Svensk Juristtidning
• Uppslagsverk
• Festskrifter, hyllningsartiklar och minnesord
• Föreläsningar inom och utom universitetet
• Kansler för rikets universitet
• Kanslersämbetet och dess innehavare
• Arbete som universitetskansler
• Universitetskanslern och studenterna
• Prokanslersinstitutionen
• Utredning om kanslersämbetet
• Särskilda kanslersuppdrag
• Val av efterträdare och avsked från ämbetet
• Det sociala och det privata
• Bosatt i Uppsala och sommargäst i Falsterbo
• Livsnjutare med ordnar
• Kontakter med syskon och släktingar
• Vänner och bekanta
• Bortgång och testamente
• Slutord
• Litteraturförteckning
• Bildförteckning
• Personregister.

• List of Figures Medieval Nordic Laws - A General Introduction by Stefan Brink and Ditlev Tamm Foreword - Christine Peel Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Maps
• Guta lag and Guta saga General Introduction Gotland's medieval historical background
• Guta lag. The Law of the Gotlanders Introduction to the Guta lag - its historical background and codicology Preservation of Guta lag Nature and content The nature of Guta lag Legal system as reflected by Guta lag System of fines and non-monetary punishments Oaths Laws of inheritance Origins Date, place and circumstances of composition Editions and translations of Guta lag Previous editions Translations Criteria applied for the present translation
• The Guta Lag - Translation Additions Comments to the Guta lag Appendices A Comparison of manuscript contents B Chronology of historical events C Monetary system D Penalties exacted E Oaths and witnesses required
• Guta Saga. The History of the Gotlanders Introduction to the Guta Saga Historical background Title Preservation Content Oral and written sources Date and place of composition Authorship and circumstances of authorship Value as a source of history Language Editions of Guta saga
• The Guta Saga - Translation Notes
• Bibliography Index.
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Guta Lag, the law of the independent island of Gotland, is one of the earliest laws of Scandinavia. The historical appendix to the law, Guta Saga, was written in the thirteenth or fourteenth century. Together, Guta Lag and its accompanying Saga provide an invaluable insight into the lives of the people living on Gotland, the largest of Sweden's Baltic islands, in 1000-1400. Guta Lag and Guta Saga: The Law and History of the Gotlanders is the first time that these two important texts have been translated into English and combined in one edition, accompanied by an extensive commentary and historical contextualisation by Christine Peel. In the Viking Age, the island of Gotland maintained its own law and administrative system. It was distinctive among Swedish provinces, retaining its own laws until 1645 while mainland provincial laws were all superseded by national law in the mid-fourteenth century. Preserved in eight manuscripts, it illustrates the everyday life and administrative system of the people of Gotland. Guta Saga tells the story of the island from its discovery by the legendary Pieluar, who removed the enchantment upon it which led to its inhabitation. Read together, the texts provide a complete picture of an island unique among Scandinavian provinces, offering a rare view of everyday people in medieval Scandinavia. This innovative and timely translation will be fascinating and essential reading for scholars of Scandinavian studies and legal history.
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