[Announcement of Publication] "Platforms and States: How to settle the battle of Monsters " (Series: The Monsterizing Platform Power and Law vol. 1) edited by Tatsuhiko Yamamoto, Pauline Türk & Haluna Kawashima
2025.01.06"Platforms and States: How to settle the battle of Monsters", a book written and edited by Tatsuhiko Yamamoto (Deputy Director of KGRI), Pauline Türk (Senior Professor at Côte d'Azur University) and Haluna Kawashima (Associate Professor at Tohoku Fukushi University and Guest researcher of the KGRI) has been published by Keio University Press, as a part of the book series "The Monsterizing Platform Power and Law".
Overview of the Series
In the context of rapidly advancing science and technology, particularly artificial intelligence, new "monsters" distinct from the Leviathan (i.e., the state) are emerging, shaking the foundations of the modern legal system that presumes the dominance of the Leviathan. This series, titled "The Monsterizing Platform Power and Law" likens global mega-platforms to the Behemoth, a creature depicted alongside the sea monster Leviathan in the Old Testament (chapters 40-41, the Book of Job). It aims to explore the confrontation and control of the powers of Leviathan and Behemoth from a legal perspective, and to foresee the future of freedom and democracy (from "Introduction to the Series" by Tatsuhiko Yamamoto).

Overview of the Book
The first volume of this series examines the ideal relationship between Leviathan and Behemoth. The sovereign state, once considered to be the 'strongest' as a Leviathan, now seems to be losing its absoluteness under the challenge of DPF Behemoth. Which of these monsters should 'govern' the digital realm, and what should their relationship be? The conflict or confrontation between states and DPFs compels us to fundamentally reconsider the nature of order in the digital space.
*An English version of this book will be published soon on the KGRI website.
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