Information law: to the history of the problem
The article deals with the phenomenon of the emergence of information law, its history and social conditions that contributed to the development of this law as a branch and as a field of science. Various approaches to the term «information» are analyzed, as well as the evolution of ways of its transmission in historical sequence. The connection of the information society with the emergence of information law, as part of the transition to the post-industrial stage of civilization development, is considered. Special attention is paid to the historical conditions that contributed to the birth of information law, depending on the economic and political development of a particular state.