IT law in the legal system: current discussion points

The paper deals with the problem of distinguishing Internet law from Information Law and IT Law, establishing its place among other branches of law, reveals the main criteria for legal regulation of IT Law and fixing the basic principles of its functioning. Attention is focused on the fact that IT and the Internet network are interrelated, since the latter is the habitat of the former, and at the same time, the latter does not make any sense without tools with which any information can be processed. Thus, when considering the definitions of „information”, „іnformation technologies” and „Internet network” in the context of the digital space, it was determined that they are interrelated – information is the main element, information technologies are used to work with information (for collecting, storing, processing), and the Internet network is used for transmitting and exchanging data. Such a conclusion can provide a complete picture of how and in accordance with what hierarchy these concepts should be displayed from the point of view of Information Law, IT Law and Internet Law. It was found that Information Law is essentially a broader concept than IT Law and undoubtedly includes it, however, given the specifics of the environment in which the relevant legal relations arise and the subject performing various operations with information, it would be more expedient to separate it into a separate institution of the former. This division is due in particular to the emergence of new areas of development, such as the institute of artificial intelligence, the institute of cloud technologies, the institute of digital signature and the globalization of the Internet network. Thus, Information Law and IT Law regulate a homogeneous range of public relations and are essentially related as an industry and an institution, but they have certain differences that are due to the environment of the emergence of regulatory relations. In turn, Internet Law is a separate branch of law that should regulate public relations that arise in the appropriate environment and consolidate fundamental digital rights and obligations, based on an international character.