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,...

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.