The Normative Order of the Internet

A significant contribution to the field of Internet law and governance: there's nothing more practical than a good theory. - Urs Gasser, Executive Director, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University; Professor of Practice, Harvard Law School Both necessary and timely. - Viktor Mayer-Sch nberger, Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation, University of Oxford The substantial merit of the work lies in its description of the internet's order from a normative point of view and in putting this order in a discourse with the disordered literature. - Stefan Kadelbach, Professor of Public Law, European Law and International Law, University of Frankfurt With this book a theory of normativity (or of the law) that goes back to Kant has to be rethought. - Thomas Vesting, Professor of Public Law and Media Law and Theory, University of Frankfurt A fascinating study with path-breaking innovative analysis. A great achievement. - Rainer Forst, Professor of Political Philosophy, Research Centre Normative Orders , University of Frankfurt Everyone who does not want to surrender to apocalyptic scenarios of digital totalitarianism should listen to Kettemann's voice. - Klaus G nther, Professor of Legal Theory, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law, Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Frankfurt The book comes at exactly the right time. - Wolfgang Schulz, Director of the Leibniz Institute for Media Research, Hans-BredowInstitut, Hamburg; Director of the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin Kettemann brilliantly provides a fresh look at the Internet's normative order . - Wolfgang Benedek, Professor emeritus of International Law, University of Graz; Former director of the European Training Centre for Human Rights and Democracy Kettemann's book helps understand the complexity of the Internet's normative order in a multistakeholder environment. - Wolfgang Kleinw chter, Professor emeritus, University of Aarhus; former ICANN Board Member; Comissioner, Global Commission on Stability in Cyberspace