<!doctype html public «-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en»> http-equiv=content-type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859–1"> The essays in the volume give an overview of current legal historical research on supreme jurisdiction in the Holy Roman Empire from the 15th to the 19th centuries. For the first time, they provide a comparative presentation and analysis of the Imperial Chamber Court (Reichskammergericht), the Aulic Council (Reichshofrat), along with other supreme courts and numerous appellate courts.