2024.09.10
"Platforms and Power: How to tame the Monsters", a book written and edited by Professor Sotaro Ishizuka (Associate Professor at Nihon University Faculty of Law, member of the KGRI research Project (Platform and the "2040 Problem"), has been published fromKeio 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, which is a creature depicted alongside the sea monster Leviathan in the Old Testament (the Book of Job, chapters 40-41). 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
This second volume in the series examines theories and specific methods for controlling platform power from the perspectives of constitutional and competition law. Project members and research collaborators from Japan, Germany and Austria came together to contribute to the book. AnEnglish versionof this book is also scheduled for publication by spring 2025.
Enquiry
Project Name:2040 Aging Society Innovation Center
Contact: Haluna KAWASHIMA
E-Mail:kgri_2040pj@info.keio.ac.jp