The dynamic development of the global economy and trade is additionally connected with the exponential development of digital technologies. The progressive development of information technologies, as a segment of the information society, has influenced the changes in the traditional ways of performing economic activities. Global trends in the digital economy, which has equal importance in the domestic and foreign economic markets, require that countries adapt their legislation to the needs of the new way of functioning of the economy and economic relations in general. When it comes to digital economy, it is viewed on a par with the information society. The necessity of the existence and development of the digital economy is cohesively connected with the state of the information society in one economic space. In this domain, the digital economy relies on the degree of development of the information society of a market, since its progressive development is previously determined by the degree of development of the information society itself. Today, this parallel has been scientifically and professionally verified, and the development of the digital economy of a society is interdependent with the development of the information society. Given that this is a socio-economic phenomenon, the level of development of the information society, and consequently the digital economy, is in one segment pre-determined by the legislative framework governing the area. The subject of the research is the analysis of relevant issues in the context of the connection between the digital economy and the information society on the one hand and the legislative framework that regulates particular issues of interest in this area. The aim of the research is to define the application of the approach to the legal regulation of relevant issues in the field of digital economy from the aspect of the internal law of the Republic of Serbia.

The authors consider the strategic directions of the development of higher education in Republic of Serbia, especially in the light of legislative news regulating dual education at higher education institutions. In this context, they have paid a special attention to the analysis of legal acts and by-laws important for the development of the professional identity of engineers educated under the dual model of education. They have also perceived the number and structure of accredited study programs at higher education institutions in our country, which represent significant indicators of the direction of the development of the domestic economy mapped through the interest of employers for the engineers educated according to the dual model. So, we can conclude that there is an obvious influence of the fourth industrial revolution and the information age on all aspects of the society. Starting from all those changes that are happening and will happen, the Government of Republic of Serbia adopted the Education Strategy for the period from 2021 to 2030, in which there are given the vision, goals, and principles of education in the future. Talking about the dual model of higher education, the most important act is the Law on the Dual Model of Studies in Higher Education being in the focus of the authors in this research.

Development of a digital technology has transformed the way in which an individual, a social group or community, i.e. a state, interacts in their domains of interest. The application of a digital technology, especially ICT, has caused the need to review whether the existing legislative solutions correspond to such news, or whether it is necessary to change or supplement the legal system of the state with new regulations. One of such issues refers to the creation of new types of assets identified as digital assets or the assets based on the creation of a digital technology. The subject of the research paper is the analysis of the institute of digital property with a special reference to the legislative domain of the way of issuing digital property. In his work, the author affirmed the issue of the importance of the legislative challenge in the standardization of relevant social phenomena and relations in the age of the intensive development and application of a digital technology. The aim of the work was achieved in the domain of the conducted normative analysis of the relevant provisions of the Digital Property Act in the part referring to the legislative approach to standardizing the concept of the digital property institute, as well as the particular issues from the domain of issuing digital property

Cooperatives represent relevant and significant economic subjects of associations that promote the interests of their members and work affirmatively to improve their position. Since the digital economy is developing expansively, and new forms of digital technology are changing economic and other interactions every day, cooperatives must keep up with such processes. The authors of the paper analyze the legislative framework for issuing digital tokens in the Republic of Serbia, especially from the aspect of the legal subjectivity of the issuer of this form of digital property. The purpose of the research is to indicate the legislative framework and economic possibilities of issuing digital tokens by cooperatives in the Republic of Serbia. The methodological approach is based on the theoretical analysis of nationally relevant regulations that enable cooperatives to be issuers of digital tokens, while the empirical research shows and analyzes the current practice of issuing digital tokens.

Рад је један од резултата спроведеног научног краткорочног пројекта од посебног интереса за одрживи развој АП Војводине у 2016. години, финансираног од стране Покрајинског секретаријата за високо образовање АП Војводине (Решење 142-451-3756/2016-02).