Legal Certainty and Central Bank Autonomy in Latin American Emerging Markets

Dr. Andrea Lucia Tapia-Hoffmann is an Ecuadorian-German attorney. Andrea holds a law degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (PUCE) in Quito, Ecuador and a doctoral degree from the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in Germany. She has broad international experience after working for several years in Ecuador and the United States. Since 2017 Andrea has worked as an in-house lawyer and data protection specialist in Germany. Her research interests are in economic law, comparative law, human rights, and privacy law.

• 1 Introduction.- 2 Legal Certainty.- 3 Legal Certainty and Legal Commitment Mechanisms.- 4 Central Bank Objectives and Autonomy.- 5 Central Bank Statutes and Autonomy.-  The Constitutional Court of Colombia versus Central Bank Autonomy.- 7 Economic Emergency and Central Bank Autonomy in Argentina.- 8 Towards Monetary Stability in Latin America.