Central bank independence : : the economic foundations, the constitutional implications and democratic accountability / / Jan Kleineman (editor).

• Superior document: Stockholm studies in law
• TeilnehmendeR: Kleineman, Jan,
• Place / Publishing House: The Hague, The Netherlands : : Kluwer Academic Publishers :, Norstedts Juridik,, [2001]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Language: English
• Series: Stockholm studies in law.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Notes: Includes index.

In December 1999, prior to the forming of a Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law, an international symposium entitled Central Bank Independence was held at the Department of Law at Stockholm University in co-operation with the Swedish Central Bank (The Riksbank) and Queen Mary and Westfield College, London University. The participants were principally political, economic and legal specialists in the field, all with considerable international experience. This led to the topic being examined in detail from many different perspectives. This publication includes contributions by the participants and contains many important facts for those readers who wish to study and understand the different consequences of the yielding of control over financial policymaking by the traditional political organisations to a body of experts. For readers in some countries, who realise that the subject will revolutionise traditional Constitutional and Administrative Law, the topic and therefore this publication, cannot be ignored.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- FOREWORD -- Table of Contents -- 1. Introduction to the Conference on Central Bank Independence -- 2. Central Bank Independence: Historical Evidence and the Recent British Experience -- 3. Central Bank Independence in Ordinary and Extraordinary Times -- 4. Conducting Monetary Policy with a Collegial Board: The New Swedish Legislation One Year On -- 5. Reflections on the American Bank and Thrift Crisis and its Relevance to Issues of Central Bank Independence, Responsibility and Accountability -- 6. The Riksbank - Constitutionality, Democracy and Accountability -- 7. Democracy, Supranationality and Central Bank Independence -- 8. The Autonomy of the South African Reserve Bank -- 9. The Indonesian Central Bank Dilemma: in Law Only, or in Law and Practice? -- 10. The Corporate Governance Perspective -- 11. Index.