About the Book:How can global problems be solved without sacrificing legitimacy? This book explores this question on the basis of a thorough empirical reconstruction of institutions and activities in the field of global chemical safety. It shows how experts from national agencies form networks around models set up by international organizations. These transnational bureaucracy networks address global issues by creating rules – transnational public law. National legal orders incorporate these rules. As these activities are carried out in a transnational setting beyond public attention and often without the knowledge of parliament, it becomes clear that they cannot be legitimized through conventional means. This book, drawing on insights gained from studying technical rule-making in Germany and the EU, gives an account of viable alternative mechanisms.