Guide last updated by Balqees Khan, September 2025.
This guide was created by Katherine Read, Principal Library Assistant at the IALS Library.
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This guide aims to give a brief introduction to the Library's holdings on Information Technology and Telecommunications Law. Please consult Library Search for complete information on current titles and locations. If you require further assistance please contact us.
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This Subject Guide only lists a selection of Library resources on Information Technology and Telecommunications Law. To find additional resources you will need to use Library Search, which covers the complete holdings of the Library. It is possible to search for books, journals and series of law reports by author, title or keyword. It is also possible to search for individual chapters and journal articles.
IALS Library is mainly open access and readers are able to browse the shelves in the main collection. There are two main exceptions to this:
Please request these at the Library Enquiry Desk.
For more information on understanding the catalogue record and further guidance on the location of materials please refer to our guide Classmarks and the Location of Resources in the Library.
The Library classifies textbooks either by jurisdiction (GO13, GA2 etc.) or according to subject area, examples of which include Comparative Law (SB), Public International Law (SG) and Private International Law/ Conflict of Laws (SH). . All classmark sections have a FOL section for oversize volumes, which is located on the same floor of the Library.
When you are using Library Search for books, please note that only the current edition is held on the open shelves or in the Short Loan collection. IALS has a rich collection of previous editions held in the closed basement and these will display a Depository number on the catalogue. Please request previous editions from the Library Enquiry Desk.
Comparative IT and Telecommunications Law material is shelved at SB80
The following list represents a selection of textbooks on information technology and telecommunications law. Please follow the links to Library Search for further information and location. Titles are available in both print and electronic formats, unless indicated otherwise on the list below.
Barfield, W., & Pagallo, U. Research handbook on the law of artificial intelligence. 2nd ed. 2025 CUP
Barfield, W (ed). Cambridge handbook of the law of algorithms. 1st ed. 2021 CUP (online only)
Collins, R., & Skover, D. Robotica: speech rights and artificial intelligence. 1st ed. 2018 CUP (online only)
DiMatteo, L., et al (eds). Cambridge handbook of artificial intelligence: global perspectives on law and ethics. 1st ed. 2022 CUP (online only)
Edwards, L. Law, policy and the internet. 1st ed. 2019 Hart (print only)
Hedly, S., & Aplin, T. Blackstone’s statutes on IT and e-commerce. 4th ed. 2008 OUP (print only)
Ienca, M (ed). Cambridge handbook of information technology, life sciences and human rights. 1st ed. 2022 CUP (online only)
Lloyd, I. Information technology law. 9th ed. 2020 OUP (print only)
Lloyd, I., & Mellor, D. Telecommunications law. 3rd ed. 2019 Sweet & Maxwell (online only)
McGillivray, K. Government cloud procurement: contracts, data protection and the quest for compliance. 1st ed. 2022 CUP (online only)
Millard, C (ed). Cloud computing law. 2nd ed. 2021 OUP
Morgan, R., et al. Morgan, Burden and Berry on IT contracts. 10th ed. 2021 Sweet & Maxwell (print only)
Murray, A. Information technology law: the law and society. 5th ed. 2023 OUP (print only)
Nihoul, P., & Rodford, P. EU electronic communications law. 2nd ed. 2011 OUP (print only)
Reed, C., & Angel, J. Computer Law. 7th ed. 2011 OUP (print only)
Smith, G (ed). Internet law and regulation. 5th ed. 2020 Sweet & Maxwell
Steffek, F., & Sumida, M (eds). Legal innovation: conversations about technology, the legal profession and societal change. 1st ed. 2025 CUP (online only)
Walden, I., & Angel, J (eds). Telecommunications law and regulation. 5th ed. 2018 OUP
IALS Library holds a wide selection of current serial titles on information technology and telecommunications law from many different jurisdictions. These are located on all floors of the Library. Please follow the links to Library Search for further information and location. Titles are available in both print and electronic formats, unless indicated otherwise on the list below. For more detailed help, please refer to the guide on Finding journal articles. The following titles focus particularly on information technology and telecommunications law but there may be relevant articles in less specialised journals.
Computer and telecommunications law review
Computer law and security review
Digital evidence and electronic signature law review (open access via SAS Open Journals)
Harvard journal of law and technology
Information and communications technology law (online only)
International journal of law and information technology
International review of law, computers & technology
John Marshall journal of information technology & privacy law
Künstliche Intelligenz und Recht: Technik, Politik, Gesellschaft
Michigan telecommunications and technology law review (online only)
Rutgers computer and technology law journal (online only)
If you are interested in legislation or cases concerning information technology issues in specific countries you will need to consult the legislation or law reports for that jurisdiction.
Consult Library Search to find the general classmark for the country you require. Consult consolidations of legislation, digests or indexes to trace particular acts or cases.
Academic users may also use databases like Lexis/Westlaw to find UK, US, EU or international decisions. For further information please refer to Law Databases or ask at the Library Enquiry Desk.
You may also find it useful to refer to our guides on finding Legislation and Cases or check to see if we have a Jurisdiction Research Guide for the country you are interested in.
Eagle-i is an internet portal maintained and updated by IALS library staff. It allows you to search for quality web resources on information technology law.
A valuable free source is BAILII, the British and Irish Legal information Institute which is based and maintained at IALS. It provides free access to full text UK judgments and legislation on a wide range of subjects including information technology law and also links to other free World Law databases. Jurisdictions covered in these resources include Commonwealth countries eg. AustLII (Australia) and CanLII (Canada), France, Germany, Italy, the USA and South Africa.
The following represent a sample of the available quality individual web resources on information technology law:
Berkeley Technology Law Journal (open access)
Yale Law School. Information Society Project
IViR. University of Amsterdam. Institute for Information Law
SCL. Society for Computers and Law (leading UK organisation for practitioners in IT law)