http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
1 online resource (ix, 235 pages) illustrations
"This book examines social ordering and governance in the digital universe. It demonstrates how attempts to enact regulations in virtual spaces cannot replicate laws and market arrangements in the real world, advocating for an alternative 'new law' to enable safe, sustainable and beneficial digital communities."
Preface: Window on Wonderland : metaverse metaphors -- Introducing the shift from natural intelligence -- Conceptual locations -- Down the rabbit hole : migration into digital space -- Enclosing the digital universe? : law, code and new visions of constitutional betterment -- Transiting the metaverse through storytelling ; when story and code collide -- Depending on infotech -- Collaborative governance for digital space : a model -- New law.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2025]