The legal articulation of Central bank Independence. An interdisciplinary and comparative analysis

Central bank independence is a success story of the last decades. The interplay of academic findings, practical experience and political conditions has caused the concept to develop to a worldwide and accepted model and to a strong pillar of global economic stability.
This study presents the reader with a comprehensive, compelling and interdisciplinary description of this phenomenon in all its dimensions. Its academic value lies in the systematic compilation and synthesis of the multivarious aspects of the phenomenon. From this perspective the study examines the historical roots, economic foundations and politoeconomic functions of central bank independence; from the legal standpoint the study does not focus on a concrete legal framework of a specific central bank. Instead it views legislation mostly from a comparative perspective bearing particularly in mind different models, their constituent parts and respective legal techniques in connection with central bank independence.

The basic idea behind the study therefore consists in the synthesis of distinct aspects. Searching for optimal solutions it constitutes a sort of Prolegomena to a general theory of central bank independence, which may serve as basis for further study and discussion within distinct disciplines.