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⁹ L. Eslava, Local Space, Global Life: The Everyday Operation of International Law and Development (2015), at xiii.

¹⁰ It is not, of course, unique to Germany but also exists, amongst others, in Austria, France, and Russia.

¹¹ See P. Dann, Entwicklungsverwaltungsrecht (2012).

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¹⁹ Ibid., at 298.

²⁰ Trubek, supra note 2, at 50.

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²⁵ These distinctions are themselves in continuous flux, as, for instance, the recent re-definition of ODA by the OECD in order to allow for (some) military support shows; see ‘OECD re-defines foreign aid to include some military spending’, The Guardian, 20 February 2016, available at www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/feb/20/oecd-redefines-foreign-aid-to-include-some-military-spending (accessed 26 April 2016).

²⁶ Dann, supra note 23, at 1.

²⁷ B. Kingsbury, N. Krisch and R.B. Stewart, ‘The Emergence of Global Administrative Law’, (2005) New York University Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers – Paper No. 17, 15 at 16.

²⁸ See J. D'Aspremont, Formalism and the Sources of International Law (2011); Venzke, I., ‘Contemporary Theories and International Law-Making’, in Bröhlmann, C. and Radi, Y. (eds.), Research Handbook on the Theory and Practice of International Lawmaking (2016), 66 Google Scholar.

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⁴² See OECD DAC Statistical Reporting Directive, DCD/DAC (2010) 40/REV1 of 12 November 2010; See Dann, supra note 23, at 15.

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