THE CODE OF COSMIC JUSTICE Drafting Law in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Post-Globalization
Year: 2026
Type: book
Abstract: "THE CODE OF COSMIC JUSTICE" introduces Liquid Justice: a revolutionary legal philosophy for an age where classical territorial sovereignty collapses under digital, ecological, and cosmic pressures. The central thesis: the social contract must extend beyond nation-states to encompass corporate sovereigns, algorithms, ecosystems, and future generations. The book unfolds through three movements. Part One traces legal consciousness from Hammurabi to modern constitutions, revealing that enduring law balances stability with flexibility. Part Two confronts present challenges—cross-border cybercrime, surveillance capitalism, decentralized finance—proposing functional jurisdiction, collective rights, and algorithmic accountability. Part Three ventures into future horizons: functional electronic personhood for AI, legal personality for nature (exemplified by the Whanganui River), ecocide as the fifth international crime, and equitable cosmic licensing for space resources. The Charter of Digital and Cosmic Rights establishes five non-negotiable principles: Cognitive Sovereignty, Algorithmic Transparency, Rights of Nature and Future Generations, Common but Differentiated Cosmic Responsibility, and the Right to Disconnect. The verdict is absolute: law must become liquid—fluid, adaptive, cosmic—governing not only humans and states but algorithms, ecosystems, and consciousness beyond Earth. Justice that cannot flow will perish.
Author: el-rakhawi, mohamed kamal arafa
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7225450923