International and European Monetary Law: An Introduction

Interdisciplinary introduction to money and currencies.- Monetary sovereignty and history of international monetary law.- Fundamental legal problems of international monetary relations.- The international monetary constitution: the IMF articles of agreement - institutional design and decision-making.- The international monetary constitution: the IMF articles of agreement - substantive legal obligations.- IMF lending (financial assistance).- History of European monetary law.- The legal framework of EMU post Lisbon - institutional setup.- The substantive legal foundations of EMU post Lisbon.- The monetary policy of EMU.- Economic policy coordination in EMU.- The external relations of EMU.- EMU and the sovereign debt crisis - legal aspects of financial assistance for member states.- EMU and the sovereign debt crisis - legal aspects of monetary policy responses and the banking union.