The European Central Bank in the European Constitutional Order

Download or read book The European Central Bank in the European Constitutional Order written by René Smits and published by Eleven International Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author provides a thought-provoking account of the role of the European Central Bank (ECB) in the European constitutional order. He briefly outlines the history of the debate on the future of European governance and examines the current constitutional position of the ECB. He then sets out what the application is of general Community law to the ECB, and the current proposals for constitutional change, both in the application of the Treaty of Nice and in the context of the current constitutional European Convention. He concludes by offering an inspiring contribution to the wider constitutional debate. The text of this book provided the basis for a lecture given by the author on accepting the Jean Monnet Chair of the Law of the Economic and Monetary Union at the Faculty of Law of the University of Amsterdam on 4 June 2003.