Key aspects of central banking law – with a close look on central banks’ balance sheets

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This lecture is part of the Lecture Series on Central Banking Law.

The Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) is happy to invite you to this lecture of the Lecture Series on Central Banking Law.

Abstract

In his first out of seven Lectures on central banking law at the University of Luxembourg during the current academic semester, Professor Gortsos will develop on the topic: Key Elements of Central Banking Law. The four pillars of his lecture will deal, respectively, with:

• the legal nature of central banks
• the objectives conferred upon them
• their tasks – distinguishing between those which are common to all central banks all over the globe and those which only some jurisdictions have conferred upon them
• aspects of their independence and accountability

Central banks’ balance sheets and finances – including the sources and distribution of monetary income, will also be discussed.

About the speaker

Christos Gortsos is Professor of Public Economic Law at the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Other positions include: Visiting Professor at the Europa Institut of the University of Zürich and the Europa Institut of the University of Saarland; President of the Academic Board of the European Banking Institute (EBI); Member of the Board of Appeal of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs); Member of the European Parliament’s and of the European Court of Auditors’ expert groups on banking resolution; and member and academic coordinator of the Committee on International Monetary Law of the International Law Association (MOCOMILA). In 2017, he was Fernand Braudel Senior Fellow at the Law Department of the European University Institute and in 2018 Academic Visitor at St Antony’s College (Oxford University). His main fields of teaching, writing and research are international, EU and public financial law, central banking law, financial regulation and institutional economics.

Language

English.

This is a free event. Registration is mandatory.

Presentation from the lecture

• Elements of Central Banking Law by Prof. Christos V. Gortsos