Liability for Defective Software in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorMarshall, Andrewen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-30T18:15:14Z
dc.date.available2014-07-30T18:15:14Z
dc.date.issued2014-07-30
dc.description.abstract"There is no such thing as error-free code." This is neither the favoured mantra of a software development guru, nor the refrain of the chairman of a multinational software company, but the consensus of those at the coalface of software development the world over. [...] This paradigm raises interesting questions for the lawyer. There is no other discipline that operates on this basis. [...] It is only the software developer who, because of the complexity of software code, as well as the unpredictable environment in which his software will be executed, admits that the chance of his creation not performing as intended under all circumstances is so high that he must assume there are faults in it. [...] The distinction in computer operations between hardware and software is well understood, and while I will be examining the liability for defective software, the reader would do well to bear in mind that software is often inextricably bound to the hardware that it serves.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMarshall, A. (2014). <i>Liability for Defective Software in South Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Commercial Law. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4663en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMarshall, Andrew. <i>"Liability for Defective Software in South Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Commercial Law, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4663en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMarshall, A. 2014-07-30. Liability for Defective Software in South Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Marshall, Andrew AB - "There is no such thing as error-free code." This is neither the favoured mantra of a software development guru, nor the refrain of the chairman of a multinational software company, but the consensus of those at the coalface of software development the world over. [...] This paradigm raises interesting questions for the lawyer. There is no other discipline that operates on this basis. [...] It is only the software developer who, because of the complexity of software code, as well as the unpredictable environment in which his software will be executed, admits that the chance of his creation not performing as intended under all circumstances is so high that he must assume there are faults in it. [...] The distinction in computer operations between hardware and software is well understood, and while I will be examining the liability for defective software, the reader would do well to bear in mind that software is often inextricably bound to the hardware that it serves. DA - 2014-07-30 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - Liability for Defective Software in South Africa TI - Liability for Defective Software in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4663 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/4663
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMarshall A. Liability for Defective Software in South Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Commercial Law, 2014 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4663en_ZA
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dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Commercial Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.titleLiability for Defective Software in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameLLMen_ZA
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