Information technology is one of the major driving forces in our modern world. It is changing the mode of economic production, the manner of communication, as well the structure and method that we use to govern ourselves. The emergence of new technologies has created conveniences and efficiencies for the society; but it also brings about multiple new concerns and risks that must be addressed by the legal system. This course focuses on what challenges the technologies have posed to our basic rights and governance scheme, and how the law could respond to those challenges.