CERTAIN STATUS AND LABOR LAW ISSUES OF ELECTRONIC SPORT IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
The development of sports law has fundamentally changed the angle of view on the relationship between sports and law, which has long prevailed and manifested itself through the concept of denying the existence of the need to create special sports norms. With a critical approach and theoretical consideration, sports law has separated over time into a special branch of law that seeks to explain the essence of sports specificity, proving that the identity of sports norms arises precisely from the need for a broader view of relationships that arise in sports. As a distinctly social phenomenon, digitalization is beginning to have a strong influence on traditional sports concepts and the principles on which it is based, creating new forms of existence and practice of sports and leading to the emergence of e-sports. Due to the increasingly important role of e-sports in society, the work will be focused on the legal analysis of the position of e-sports in the sports system of the Republic of Serbia. Also, the authors will address the issue of the possibility of application or the need to change traditional principles in the field of sports to e-sports, which means pointing out the need to harmonize certain legal institutes related to e-sports in some places. The research will also include a review of labor and legal aspects of electronic sports, such as the possibility of signing contracts with persons under the age of 15, the possibility of signing contracts with athletes, etc. To answer the questions, we will start the analysis by defining the concept of sports and e-sports in the Republic of Serbia.