The Rule of Law in Monetary Affairs

1. Introduction and overview Thomas Cottier, Rosa M. Lastra, Lucia Satragno and Christian Tietje Part I. Legal Foundations and Evolution of the International Monetary System: 2. The role of law in monetary affairs: taking stock Christian Tietje 3. The international monetary and financial architecture - some institutional aspects Mario Giovanoli 4. The role of central banks in monetary affairs: a comparative perspective Rosa M. Lastra 5. Monetary union and the law: some comments Jean-Victor Louis Part II. Specific Policy Issues in Monetary Affairs: 6. Global governance of international competitiveness spillovers Bernard Hoekman 7. Global benchmark interest rates: conflicting objectives and increasing hybridization Claus D. Zimmermann 8. Credit rating agencies: regulation and financial stability Iain Macneil 9. Monitoring and surveillance at the international monetary system: what can be learnt from the trade field? Nadia Rendak 10. The impact of sovereign debt on EU monetary affairs Annamaria Viterbo 11. Taxation in times of austerity: a question of political economy Isabel Feichtner Part III. The Interaction between WTO Law and Monetary Affairs: 12. Towards an equitable integration of monetary and financial matters, trade and sustainable development Robert Howse 13. Trade imbalances and multilateral trade cooperation Juan Marchetti, Michele Ruta and Robert Teh 14. The WTO dispute settlement mechanism in matters involving exchanges rates and trade Gabrielle Z. Marceau and John J. Maughan 15. Monetary affairs in the WTO Trade Policy Review Mathias Kende Part IV. The Quest for Law in Monetary Policy: 16. The potential of law and legal methodology in monetary affairs Thomas Cottier and Lucía Satragno 17. Framework of analysis: towards multilayered governance in monetary affairs Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann 18. Transparency and monetary affairs Christine Kaufmann and Rolf H. Weber 19. Human rights and austerity programmes Markus Krajewski 20. International economic law and macro-prudential regulation Kern Alexander 21. Relationship between monetary policy and exchange rate policy François Gianviti 22. Monetary policy measures in investment law: the uneasy relationship between monetary stability and investment protection Federico Lupo Pasini.