03109oam 2200649I 450 991045767660332120200520144314.097866102255831-135-75630-91-280-22558-00-203-49990-510.4324/9780203499900 (CKB)1000000000351302(EBL)183196(OCoLC)437056442(SSID)ssj0000265528(PQKBManifestationID)11226947(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000265528(PQKBWorkID)10299485(PQKB)10243231(MiAaPQ)EBC183196(Au-PeEL)EBL183196(CaPaEBR)ebr10162152(CaONFJC)MIL22558(OCoLC)826515870(EXLCZ)99100000000035130220180331d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe unseen hand unelected EU legislators /editors, Rinus van Schendelen, Roger ScullyLondon ;Portland, Or. :Frank Cass,2003.1 online resource (124 p.)The library of legislative studies"This group of studies first appeared in a special issue of the Journal of legislative studies, Volume 8, no. 4 (Winter 2002)"--T.p. verso.0-7146-5564-3 0-7146-8445-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; The Unseen Hand: Unelected EU Legislators; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; The European Commission: An Unelected Legislator?; The In-Sourced Experts; Elected Legislators and their Unelected Assistants in the European Parliament; No Simple Dichotomies: Lobbyists and the European Parliament; Out of the Shadows: The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers; Social Pluralism and the European Court of Justice: A Court Between a Rock and a Harde; Conclusions; Abstracts; IndexWho is really making EU laws and regulations? Formally, and according to most popular accounts, responsibility lies with European politicians who are directly elected (MEPs) or indirectly accountable to elected bodies at the European or national level (council). In practice, however, as this book shows, things can be very different. The real makers of European legislation and rules are frequently unelected and far from the public gaze. This book describes and evaluates the role of many such unseen lawmakers, including commission officials, experts from national governments and companies, lobbyLibrary of legislative studies.LegislationEuropean Union countriesEuropePolitics and government1989-Electronic books.Legislation341.242/2Schendelen M. P. C. M. van1944-247375Scully Roger600766MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457676603321The unseen hand2051898UNINA