Belgorod: BelSU, 2010. — 99 s. The course "Legal Support of Information Management" is read for students of the specialty "Information Management" . Information law is a young branch of law that is experiencing a stage of formation and rapid development. This is due to significant changes taking place in the functioning and development of human civilization. Since the end of the 20th century, there has been a significant strengthening of the role of information in the life of society, the level of education of people is growing, and the realization of citizens’ rights should be strengthened. New information and communication technologies are widely used, primarily based on the use of computer technology. New areas of people’s activity were formed, such as e-government, e-economy, distance education. Subjects of information processes enter into multiple relationships that require their own legal regulation . There are a number of illegal actions in the electronic field, which, of course, should be suppressed. The proposed course pays much attention to the legal specifics of the category "information" , Right to Information , Restricted Access Information , Information aspects of intellectual property turnover , Legal issues of information security , Difficulties in the application of legal regulation in the Internet environment , Computer Crime . The developed course is fully consistent with the latest adopted regulatory legal acts . The specificity of the course is that it