An authoritative reference work on the legal framework of European economic and monetary union, this book comprehensively analyses the legal foundations, institutions, and substantive legal issues in EU monetary integration.

1: Fabian Amtenbrink and Christoph Herrmann: Introduction Part I Interdisciplinary Foundations 2: Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol: History of an Uncomplete EMU 3: Donato Masciandaro and Davide Romelli: Economics of European Monetary Integration 4: Erik Jones: Politics of European Monetary Integration Part II International Legal Framework 5: Ramses Wessel and Shawn Donnelly: The International Dimension of the EMU: the Interplay Between the Global Financial Stability Architecture and the European Union 6: Marise Cremona and Paivi Leino-Sandberg: External Relations of the EU and Eurogroup 7: Marise Cremona and Paivi Leino-Sandberg: International Agreements of the EU/Euro Area Part III Constitutional Foundations 8: Cornelia Manger-Nestler: The Architecture of EMU 9: Dariusz Adamski: Objective and Principles 10: Charles Proctor: Substantive Legal Obligations for Euro area Member States 11: Bruno de Witte: EMU as Constitutional Law 12: Francesco Martucci: Non-EU Legal Instruments 13: Francesco Costamagna: EMU and the EU Social Dimension Part IV Institutions and Bodies 14: Michael Ioannidis: ECB 15: Julian Langner: ESCB/Eurosystem/National Central Banks 16: Alberto de Gregorio Merino and Eurgenia Dumutriu: EU Institutions Representing Member States' Governments 17: René Repasi: European Parliament and National Parliaments 18: Kees van Duin: European Commission 19: Daniel Sermiento and Moritz Hartmann: European Monetary Union and the Courts 20: Jennifer Payne: The Institutional Design of Financial Supervision and Financial Stability Part V Monetary Union 21: Robert Freitag: Euro as Legal Tender and Banknotes 22: Klaus Tuori: Monetary Policy 23: Alexander Thiele: Foreign-exchange Operations of the ECB and Exchange-Rate Policy 24: Phoebus Athanassiou: Payment Systems 25: Ulla Neergaard: ERM II 26: Rosa Lastra and Georgios Psaroudakis: Prudentional Supervisory Tasks VI Economic Union 27: Jean-Paul Keppene: Economic Policy Coordination: Foundations, Structures and Objectives 28: Jean-Paul Keppene: Economic Fiscal Governance on the Member States: The Stability and Growth Pact and Beyond 29: Leo Flynn: Non-fiscal Surveillance of the Member States 30: Ulrich Forsthoff and Nathalie Lauer: Policy Conditionality Attached to ESM Financial Assistance Part VII Financial Assistance 31: Wolfgang Bergthaler and Katherine Chistopherson: IMF 32: Vestert Borger: EU Financial Assistance 33: Ulrich Forsthoff and Jasper Aerts: Euro Area 34: Alexander Thiele: Financial Assistance for Non-Euro Area Member States Part VIII Financial Markets and Banking Union 35: Kern Alexander: Financial Market Integration and EMU 36: Kern Alexander and Vivienne Madders: Financial Market Regulation in the Internal Market 37: Christoph Ohler: Banking Supervision 38: Christos V Gortsos: Banking Resolution: The EU Framework Governing the Resolution of Credit Institutions 39: Till Müller-Ibold: State Aid for Financial Institutions Part IX Crisis and Future of EMU 40: Christos Hadjiemmanuil: Euro in Crisis: 2008 - 18 41: Alicia Hinarejos: Legality of Crisis Responses 42: Paul Craig and Menelaos Markakis: EMU Reform

Provides an authoritative reference to the legal regime governing European Economic and Monetary Union A contextual approach ensures a coherent description and analysis of the working of the framework in practice Includes coverage of debates on the interdisciplinary foundations of the EMU and its constitutional bases and international framework Written by an impressive team of expert contributors from academia and practice, including senior EU institutional lawyers

Fabian Amtenbrink is Vice Dean and Professor of European Union Law at the Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam. Christoph Herrmann is Professor at the University of Passau and Academic Director of the Certificate of European, Comparative and International Law (CECIL) at Passau.

Provides an authoritative reference to the legal regime governing European Economic and Monetary Union A contextual approach ensures a coherent description and analysis of the working of the framework in practice Includes coverage of debates on the interdisciplinary foundations of the EMU and its constitutional bases and international framework Written by an impressive team of expert contributors from academia and practice, including senior EU institutional lawyers