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Weapon Export Control Before German Administrative Courts: Scrutiny or Obscurity?

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Rhades, M. Weapon Export Control Before German Administrative Courts: Scrutiny or Obscurity?. German Yearbook of International Law, 67(1), 487-502. https://doi.org/10.3790/gyil.2025.401227
Rhades, Moritz "Weapon Export Control Before German Administrative Courts: Scrutiny or Obscurity?" German Yearbook of International Law 67.1, 2025, 487-502. https://doi.org/10.3790/gyil.2025.401227
Rhades, Moritz (2025): Weapon Export Control Before German Administrative Courts: Scrutiny or Obscurity?, in: German Yearbook of International Law, vol. 67, iss. 1, 487-502, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/gyil.2025.401227

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Weapon Export Control Before German Administrative Courts: Scrutiny or Obscurity?

Rhades, Moritz

German Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 67(2024), Iss. 1 : pp. 487–502 | First published online: May 14, 2025

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NA Moritz Rhades, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Faculty of Law, Walther Schücking Institute for International Law 24118 Kiel, Germany

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Section Title Page Action Price
Moritz Rhades\nWeapon Export Control Before German Administrative Courts: Scrutiny or Obscurity? 487
I. Introduction 487
II. The German Weapon Export Control System and its Legal Framework 489
III. Recent German Export Practice 490
IV. Scrutiny Before German Administrative Courts? 491
A. Administrative Court Berlin 492
B. Administrative Court Frankfurt 493
V. Obscurity in the Courts’ Decisions and the German Export Control System 496
A. Systemic Flaws: Legal Defences 496
B. Procedural Flaws: Self-Judgment Within a Risk-Based Assessment 498
C. Reputational Flaws: An Awkward Stance Towards the United Nations 500
VI. Conclusion 502