Much of European Union legislation is formulated and implemented by unelected functionaries, or assistants to elected personnel. This collection explores the role of unseen European law-makers amidst. - Съдържа: 1. The European Commission: An unelected legislator? Michelle Cini 2. The In-Sourced Experts Rinus van Schendelen 3. Elected Legislators and their Unelected Assistants in the European Parliament Karlheinz Neunreither 4. No Simple Dichotomies: Lobbyists and the European Parliament David Earnshaw and David Judge 5. Out of the Shadows: The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers Thomas Christiansen 6. Social Pluralism and the European Court of Justice: A court between a rock and a hard place Michelle Everson Conclusions Roger Scully and Rinus van Schendelen.*