DIGITAL JURISDICTION

Kostenko Oleksii

doi:10.69635/mssl.2025.1.2.23

Authors

Kostenko Oleksii Ph.D., Associate Professor, State Scientific Institution «Institute of Information, Security and Law of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine», Ukraine Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2131-0281

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.69635/mssl.2025.1.2.23

Keywords:

Electronic Jurisdiction, Digital Jurisdiction, Metaverse, Digital Law, Algorithmic Governance, Artificial Intelligence, Digital State, Digital Code, AI, Metaverse, Digital Sovereignty, Law, Web 3.0, Digital Identity, Blockchain, Avatar

Abstract

The scientific work is a logical continuation of the author's many years of research devoted to the formation of the paradigm of digital jurisdiction — a new legal system for the digital and immersive environment of the Metaverse. If previous works outlined the conceptual foundations of this phenomenon, the current study for the first time structures digital jurisdiction in the format of a holistic model that combines the technical, ethical, procedural and legal levels of digital governance. The model is considered as a normative architecture of the future — a kind of "metaoperating system" for regulating social relations in virtual spaces, which transforms the classical principles of sovereignty, jurisdiction and responsibility in the online world.

The article offers a methodological scheme for building an digital jurisdiction based on a modular approach, which allows it to be integrated into the system of national and international law. Particular attention is paid to institutional and procedural components — digital courts, ombudsmen, cross-border arbitration, as well as the principles of algorithmic legitimacy and ethical-centric governance. Digital jurisdiction is interpreted as a tool for civilizational adaptation of law to the age of Web 4.0, blockchain legal protocols and artificial intelligence.

This study not only systematizes the established theory but also offers a conceptual shift from the declarative level to modelling the operational legal system of the future, opening prospects for the creation of digital codes, registers and international regulatory platforms. The author encourages the scientific community to a deep discussion about borders, subjectivity, and justice in digital civilization, because digital jurisdiction is not just a new legal form — it is a matrix for restarting law and order in post-physical reality.

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