This document is the complete, unaltered version of Helmut Koziol’s » Basic Questions of Tort Law from a Germanic Perspective «. This is not an e-book! It is an PDF. While the software available for the creation of e-books may satisfy the needs of a novel, unfortunately it does not cater to the typographical needs of lengthy scientific texts with numerous heading levels, extensive footnotes and complex indexes based on marginal numbers. To date no solution has been found for an acceptable interplay between authors and publishers, appropriate for titles apart from bestseller-lists and their available resources.
Therefore we decided to use our print-layout for the electronic version. Although still readable on a smartphone with a 4.3-inch display, for immersive reading a display with a larger diagonal is recommended. Extensive reading on a 9.7-inch display proved comfortable and even after several pages, no signs of fatigue were recognised.
Although the PDFs created on this basis are zoomable and enriched with navigational elements, they remain relatively rigid. However, the entries in the table of contents can be used to navigate to the appropriate pages. A click on the paragraph
¶symbol, found in the footer on every page, takes you back to the table of contents.
Depending on the softand/or hardware used for reading, slight differences in the appearance and handling of the navigation elements will occur.
PCs with Adobe Acrobat X/Reader X:
All navigational elements are black. Hovering the mouse over such an element turns the cursor into a small hand. A left mouse-click activates the navigation element.
iPad with Adobe Acrobat X/Reader X:
All navigational elements are blue. Clicking on them with a mouse activates them.
iBook Reader on an iPad:
All navigational elements are black. A short click on elements in the footer of the page takes you to the next page. A long click on said elements takes you to the table of contents. Navigation elements in the table of contents are activated with a short click.
Other readers, such as Kindle or Andriod-based smartphones, may behave differently.
