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A Proactive Approach : Law Libraries
- 2006
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Reliance on routines to avoid mistakes is a self-evident feature of many fields of human activity. The commercial pilot preparing for take-off, the engineer designing a bridge and the insurance company introducing a new product all depend on proven methods to ensure that nothing important is forgotten and to assess the consequences of planned measures. Legal work is somewhat atypical in the foregoing respect. Compared with many other activities, there are few descriptions of how the various segments of a legal task are to be devised in order to achieve the greatest possible certainty of result. Lawyers tend to work reactively, i.e., the focus is on solving problems that have already arisen. Efforts aimed at avoiding problems before they begin to brew - i.e., proactively - are less common. The proactive approach is not unknown in the legal sphere but as compared to many other fields of the law the perspective is not very well elaborated. Against this background this volume of Scandinavian Studies in Law presents 25 articles on various aspects of proactive approaches in law, the majority of them focusing on contracting issues. The collection is simultaneously a documentation of a conference on proactive law held in Stockholm 2005. In addition to the articles on proactive law this volume contains a presentation of major law libraries in the Scandinavian countries. Table of Contents: Barton, Thomas D., Thinking Preventively and Proactively, p. 71-92 Bing, Jon and Mahler, Tobias, Contractual Risk Management in an ICT Context - Searching for a Possible Interface between Legal Methods and Risk Analysis, p. 339-358 Cummins, Tim, Best Practices In Commercial Contracting, p. 131-148 Daicoff, Susan, The Comprehensive Law Movement: An Emerging Approach to Legal Problems, p. 109-128 Dauer, Eduard A., The Role of Culture in Legal Risk Management, p. 93-108 Haapio, Helena, Introduction to Proactive Law from a Business Lawyer's Point of View, p. 21-34 Haapio, Helena, Business Success and Problem Prevention through Proactive Contracting, p. 149-194 Haarala-Nystén, Soili, Contract Law and Everyday Contracting, p. 263-284 Haavisto, Vaula, Contracting in Networks, p. 237-254 Jakobsen Sandfeld, Søren, Entering New and Converging Media Markets: How to Take a Proactive Approach to Legal Issues in the Electronic Communications Sector, p. 393-406 Kavaleff, Anette, Successful Outsourcing through Proactive Contracting - Strategy, Risk Assessment and Implementation, p. 215-226 Lando, Henrik, Determinants of the Optimal Degree of Pro-activeness in Contracting, p. 255-262 Magnusson, Jarl S., Proactive Law - and the Importance of Data and Information Resources, p. 407-424 Magnusson Sjöberg, Cecilia, Presentation of the Nordic School of Proactive Law, p. 13-20 Paris, Carolyn E.C., Contract Management: Design Parameters and Challenges to Implementation, p. 195-214 Pohjonen, Soile, Proactive Law in Academia, p. 53-70 Sadighi Firozabadi, Babak and Sergot, Marek , The Role of Agreements in Virtual Organisations, p. 297-304 Schartum, Dag Wiese, Introduction to a Government-based Perspective on Proactive Law, p. 35-52 Seipel, Peter, Nordic School of Proactive Law Conference 2005: Closing Comments, p. 359-364 Syse, Aslak, Equality and Accessibility: A Proactive Approach to Strengthen the Legal Status and Protection Against Discrimination of Persons with Disabilities, p. 367-384 Taskinen, Tommi K.J., Some Thoughts on Proactive Counselling and Legal Mentality, p. 227-236 Trzaskowski, Jan, Legal Risk Management in a Global, Electronic Marketplace, p. 319-338 Weitzenböck, Emily M., Prevention is Better than Cure: Fostering the Growth of Dynamic Networked Organisations through the use of Proactive Legal Measures, p. 305-318 Vikström, Mats, The Impact of IT on the Foundation for Businesses Daily Operation, p. 285-296 Zimmer, Frederik, Tax Legislation between Politics and Legal (and Economic) Thinking, p. 385-392 Law Libraries in Denmark, p. 427-433 Law Libraries in Finland, p. 434-441 Norwegian Law Libraries, p. 442-447 Law Libraries in Sweden, p. 448-462
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- Aaro Jonsson, Catherine
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Long-term cognitive outcome of childhood traumatic brain injury
- 2010
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- There is limited knowledge of cognitive outcome extending beyond 5 years after childhood traumatic brain injury, CTBI. The main objectives of this thesis were to investigate cognitive outcome at 6-14 years after CTBI, and to evaluate if advancements in the neurosurgical care, starting 1992, did influence long-term outcome and early epidemiology. An additional aim was to study the relationship between early brain injury parameters and early functional outcome. Study 1 evaluated cognitive progress during 14 years after CTBI, over three neuropsychological assessments in 8 patients with serious CTBI. Study 2 used patient records to investigate early epidemiology, received rehabilitation and medical follow up in two clinical cohorts, n=82 and n=46, treated neurosurgically for CTBI before and after 1992. An exploratory cluster analysis was applied to analyse the relation between early brain injury severity parameters and early functional outcome. In Study 3, participants in the two cohorts, n=18 and n=23, treated neurosurgically for CTBI before and after 1992, were subject to an extensive neuropsychological assessment, 13 and 6 years after injury, respectively. Assessment results of the two cohorts were compared with each other and with controls. Data were analysed with multivariate analyses of variance. Results and discussion. There were significant long-term cognitive deficits of similar magnitude and character in the two cohorts with CTBI, treated before and after the advancements in neurosurgical care. At 6-14 years after injury, long-term deficits in verbal intellectual and executive functions were found, and were discussed in terms of their late maturation and a decreased executive control over verbal memory-functions after CTBI. Visuospatial functions had a slightly better long-term recovery. The amount of rehabilitation received was equally low in both cohorts. The length of time spent in intensive care and the duration of care in the respirator may have a stronger relationship to early outcome than does a single measure of level of consciousness at admission. Main conclusions are that cognitive deficits are apparent at long-term follow up, 6-13 years after neurosurgically treated CTBI, even after advancements in the neurosurgical care in Sweden. Measures of verbal IQ, verbal memory and executive functions were especially low while visuospatial intellectual functions appear to have a better long-term recovery.
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