The Symbiotic Model: Leviathan and Behemoths in America

Authors

Dongsheng Zang, University of Washington School of LawFollow

Editor(s)

Tatsuhiko Yamamoto, Pauline Türk, and Haluna Kawashima

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Description

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).

Title of Book

Platforms and States: How to Settle the Battle of Monsters

ISBN

978-4-7664-2978-7

Publication Date

1-2025

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publisher

Keio University

City

Tokyo

Disciplines

Science and Technology Law

Recommended Citation

Dongsheng Zang, The Symbiotic Model: Leviathan and Behemoths in America, in Platforms and States: How to Settle the Battle of Monsters 141 (Tatsuhiko Yamamoto, Pauline Türk, and Haluna Kawashima eds., 2025).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/faculty-chapters/72