New digital leviathan and the future of the regulatory system of society

Abstract

This article examines the impact of digitalization processes on public relations, the legal culture of society, the transformation of public order, and the established value-normative regulators. The authors identify and analyze the key trends and problems of the modern transformation of society, state and law, discuss the main scenarios of interaction between the state-legal organization of society and the rapidly developing new "meta foundations" of social order. They critically assess the attitude according to which digital technologies and algorithmic solutions in the XXI century will ensure systemic control and safety of society. The content of the work also argues that the complete and final virtualization of the regulatory legal space is a rather lengthy and highly contradictory process. The final part of the research substantiates that the emergence of new digital spheres of legal regulation, in a situation where traditional elements of the state, public, and private life move somewhat into a digital virtual space, places the law before new challenges to be addressed based on traditional general legal approaches.