Legal informatics, information and digital law: Traditions and research development

The article examines the trends and main results of the development of research in the field of legal informatics, information and digital law at the Faculty of Law of Lomonosov MSU. It is noted that the designation of Moscow University as the lead organization for scientific issues of information security of a humanitarian nature contributed to the intensification of research in the field of information law and information security, as well as the participation of the Faculty of Law from 1998 to 2010 in the implementation of MSU projects. The results of interdisciplinary legal research obtained over 25 years were introduced into the educational process of the Faculty of Law, the Higher School of Public Audit of Moscow State University and the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics of Moscow State University in the form of new curricula and courses. An interdisciplinary approach was incorporated into the structure of the courses taught in the interfaculty master’s program “Information Legal Relations in the Innovative Economy”, opened in 2016 at the Faculty of Law of Moscow State University. In the context of the formation of a digital economy, a new branch of law is simultaneously being created — digital law, which has its own subject of legal regulation. This process cannot be ignored, since “cross-cutting technologies” in the digital economy require legal regulation and protection of information during their use. Legal scholars are increasingly debating the well-known legal structures and the possibility of their use in new conditions, for example, the use of artificial intelligence technology. Certainly, the formation of the scientific apparatus and concept of digital law requires coordination of efforts in conducting interdisciplinary scientific research.