Research on Legal Issues of the Euro

Author: Zhang Qinglin
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Publish Date: 2002-06-01
Features: This book consists of seven chapters, with the core of the European Monetary Union—the Euro—as the research object, exploring some legal issues closely related to the creation, issuance, and circulation of the Euro. First, the introduction briefly introduces the development history of the European Monetary Union, the core institutions of the European Monetary Union—the European Central Bank and the basic issues of the European Central Bank System. Subsequently, it discusses the basic content of national monetary sovereignty and the international legal characteristics of regional monetary unions, studies the legal nature of money and the legal characteristics of the Euro, explores the legal issues of the Euro and contract continuity, and the Euro and debt performance. Finally, it examines the impact of the Euro on China's legal jurisdiction over foreign-related economic and trade contracts and China's foreign exchange management measures concerning the Euro.