Product liability : fundamental questions in a comparative perspective / / Helmut Koziol, [and four others], editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910796635003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter, , 2017; ©2017
• ISBN: 3-11-054581-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (610 pages)
• Disciplina: 346.03/8
• Soggetti: Products liability
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Questions for Discussion -- Hypothetical Cases for Discussion -- Introductory Lecture -- Product Liability in China -- Product Liability in Japan -- Product Liability in Korea -- Product Liability in Macao -- Product Liability in Malaysia -- Product Liability in Russia -- Product Liability in Taiwan -- Comparative Report for Asia and Russia -- Product Liability in Europe -- Product Liability in North America -- Product Liability in the Rest of the World -- Product Liability: Conclusions from a Comparative Perspective -- Statement from an Asian Perspective -- Statement from a European Common Law Perspective -- Statement from a Continental European Perspective -- Statement from the Perspective of the Rest of the World -- List of Contributors -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Where products develop ever more rapidly, the law may face difficulties in responding accordingly to new security threats which may arise. In the field of product liability, an extraordinary need for legal development has thus been perceived, with legislators and judges feeling compelled to find new solutions and to look across borders for these. In the detailed reports in this book, the World Tort Law Society proves that it is in an ideal position to examine the most significant concepts. The report on North America studies the special regime for product liability from its origin in the case law of the US; the European report is centred around the EU Product Liability Directive with its ; merits and faults; and the influence of these two systems as well as new answers are shown in the reports on Asia, Russia and four key jurisdictions in the rest of the world. Similar questions are discussed worldwide: How can a strict liability regime for products be justified, and can it be justified in all cases? How does the special regime relate to general rules of tort law? Should services be subject to a similar regime? The Members of the Society seek to provoke thought for solutions to these pervasive problems. In this spirit, the volume’s comparative conclusions invite discussion, and the book includes four responses to that call from eminent tort lawyers from different legal backgrounds.

Dynamics in one complex variable / / by John Milnor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910953747203321
• Autore: Milnor John W (John Willard), <1931->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2006
• ISBN: 9786613001481; 9781283001489; 1283001489; 9781400835539; 1400835534
• Edizione: [3rd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Collana: Annals of mathematics studies ; ; no. 160
• Classificazione: SI 830
• Disciplina: 515.93; 515/.93
• Soggetti: Functions of complex variables; Holomorphic mappings; Riemann surfaces
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-291) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Table Of Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Chronological Table -- Riemann Surfaces -- Iterated Holomorphic Maps -- Local Fixed Point Theory -- Periodic Points: Global Theory -- Structure of the Fatou Set -- Using the Fatou Set to ; Study the Julia Set -- Appendix A. Theorems from Classical Analysis -- Appendix B. Length-Area-Modulus Inequalities -- Appendix C. Rotations, Continued Fractions, and Rational Approximation -- Appendix D. Two or More Complex Variables -- Appendix E. Branched Coverings and Orbifolds -- Appendix F. No Wandering Fatou Components -- Appendix G. Parameter Spaces -- Appendix H. Computer Graphics and Effective Computation -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume studies the dynamics of iterated holomorphic mappings from a Riemann surface to itself, concentrating on the classical case of rational maps of the Riemann sphere. This subject is large and rapidly growing. These lectures are intended to introduce some key ideas in the field, and to form a basis for further study. The reader is assumed to be familiar with the rudiments of complex variable theory and of two-dimensional differential geometry, as well as some basic topics from topology. This third edition contains a number of minor additions and improvements: A historical survey has been added, the definition of Lattés map has been made more inclusive, and the écalle-Voronin theory of parabolic points is described. The résidu itératif is studied, and the material on two complex variables has been expanded. Recent results on effective computability have been added, and the references have been expanded and updated. Written in his usual brilliant style, the author makes difficult mathematics look easy. This book is a very accessible source for much of what has been accomplished in the field.