This collection of essays, written in honour of Lennart Palsson, Emeritus Professor of Public and Private International Law at the University of Lund, covers competition law in the European Union, the judicial system of the EU in the light of the Intergovernmental Conference, the application of foreign law in Swedish courts, human rights and university policy, and aspects of Nordic law on the carriage of goods by sea, and comparative law as a yardstick for academic legal education.