Governing the metaverse : law, order and freedom in digital space /

"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 bene...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Findlay, Mark (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2025.
Subjects:	Metaverse > Law and legislation. Internet governance > Law and legislation. Internet > Law and legislation. Technology and law. Law reform. Technologie et droit. Droit > Réforme. Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

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.