Новите качества на правото в информационното общество
The New Qualities of Law in the Information Society

Summary/Abstract: The advancing information society influences the characteristics of contemporary law. The changes consider the legal science, the normative regulation and the law enforcement. Thus the information society’s impact on law has three major directions. First, new objects of normative regulation appear. Second, new mechanisms for law enforcement within the virtual environment are elaborated. These effects determine the nature of law changes. Third, the legal science and its conceptual apparatus are changing. The article examines the changes in the first and second direction. The concepts “virtual legal relations” and “virtual legal facts” are introduced. Their original qualities are stated. The operation of virtual legal relations is described and the significance of virtual legal facts within the legal framework of the virtual environment is pointed out.

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