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Taylor & Francis In Defense of the United States Constitution
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Taylor & Francis Law and Public Policy
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Taylor & Francis Law and Public Policy
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Taylor & Francis QuasiConstitutionality and Constitutional Statutes
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Taylor & Francis Emergency Powers in Theory and Practice
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Administrative Law for Public Managers
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the essentials that public administration students and public managers should know about administrative lawwhy we have administrative law, the constitutional structure for and constraints on public administration, and administrative law's formats for rulemaking, adjudication, enforcement, transparency, and judicial and legislative review of administrative activity. Author David Rosenbloom views administrative law from the perspectives of administrative practice, rather than lawyering, with an emphasis on how various administrative law provisions promote their underlying goals of improving the fit between public administration and US democratic-constitutionalism. Organized around federal administrative law while including material on state practices where appropriate, the book explains the essentials of administrative law clearly and accurately, in non-technical terms, and in sufficient depth to provide readers with a sophisticated, lasting understanding of the sTrade Review"Experts in public administration and in administrative law study similar things, but often they don’t speak the same language. David Rosenbloom is fluent in both languages, and I heartily recommend this new edition to all in both fields. It is comprehensive, refreshingly accessible, and shows a profound understanding of how government works and needs to work better." - Jeffrey S. Lubbers, Washington College of Law, American University, USA“Rosenbloom gives public managers an essential tool for democratic governance: a concise roadmap to their role in preserving the rule of law. The public has less trust in government. Public managers need this comprehensive introduction to constitutional and administrative law, because law underpins the ethics and values of public administration." - · Lisa Blomgren Amsler, Indiana University, USATable of Contents1. What is Administrative Law?, 2. Constitutional Structure and Public Administration, 3. Individuals’ Constitutional Rights in Administrative Encounters, 4. Administrative Rulemaking, 5. Evidentiary Adjudication and Enforcement, 6. Transparency, 7. Judicial and Legislative Review of Administrative Action, 8. Staying Current
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Taylor & Francis Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge Handbook of the Study of the Commons
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Handbook serves as a unique synthesis and resource for understanding how analytical frameworks developed within the literature assist in understanding the nature and management of commons resources. Such frameworks include those related to Institutional Analysis and Development, Social-Ecological Systems, and Polycentricity, among others. The book aggregates and analyses these frameworks to lay a foundation for exploring how they apply according to scholars across a wide range of disciplines. It includes an exploration of the unique problems arising in different disciplines of commons study, including natural resources (forests, oceans, water, energy, ecosystems, etc), economics, law, governance, the humanities, and intellectual property. It shows how the analytical frameworks discussed early in the book facilitate interdisciplinarity within commons scholarship. This interdisciplinary approach within the context of analytical frameworks helps facilitate a more comTrade Review"The Routledge Handbook of the Commons is an extraordinary collection of essays exploring self-governance from many viewpoints. The volume first present alternative frameworks for analyzing commons and then continues with empirical sections that explore traditional natural resource commons as well as governance of resources in the knowledge economy, including genomic and other medical data, urban commons, climate and global commons. The volume is an important contribution to the study of economic systems." - Thráinn Eggertsson, University of Iceland and Hertie School of Governance, GermanyTable of Contents1. Introduction: Commons Analytical Frameworks and Case Studies Part I: theoretical frameworks and alternative lenses for analyzing commons 2. Bridging Analytical Frameworks and Disciplines to Which They Apply 3. Using the Ostrom Workshop Frameworks to Study the Commons 4. Polycentricity 5. Connecting Commons and the IAD Framework 6. Anticommons Theory 7. Knowledge Commons 8. Commons Storytelling: Tragedies, Comedies, and Tragicomedies 9. Common-pool Resource Appropriation and Conservation: Lessons from Experimental Economics 10. Humanistic Rational Choice: Understanding the Fundamental Motivations that Drive Self-Organization and Cooperation in Commons Dilemmas Part II: commons interdisciplinary case Studies 11. The US Public Lands as Commons 12. Water Commons: A Critical Appreciation and Revisionist View 13. Commons Analysis and Ocean Fisheries 14. Coastal Commons as Social-ecological Systems 15. Climate as a Commons 16. Governing Wildlife Commons: Wild Boars, Wolves, and Red Kites 17. Ecosystem Services as Commons? 18. Urban commons of the Global South: Using multiple frames to illuminate complexity 19. Ostrom in the City: Design Principles and Practices for the Urban Commons 20. Infrastructure and its Governance: The British Broadcasting Corporation Case Study 21. Medical Information Commons 22. Ethical Standards for Unconsented Data Access to Build Genomic and Other Medical Information Commons 23. Technology Dependent Commons 24. From Historical Institution to pars pro toto: the Commons and Their Revival in Historical Perspective 25. Customary Authority and Commons Governance 26. The Role of Pseudo-Commons in Post-Socialist Countries 27. Facilitated Self-Governance of the Commons: On the Roles of Civil Society Organizations in the Governance of Shared Resource Systems 28. Commons, Indigenous Rights, and Governance 29. Globalization, Local Commons, and the Multiscale Ecosystem Framework (MEF) Part III: A global context 30. Bigger Issues in a Smaller World: The Future of the Commons 31. Protecting the Global Commons: The Politics of Planetary Boundaries
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Taylor & Francis Judicial Review and Contemporary Democratic
Book SynopsisDeveloping democratic criteria for veto points in a democratic system, and comparing them to each other against these criteria, Lemieux and Watkins yield fresh insights into judicial review’s democratic value. Trade Review"A wonderful blend of normative and empirical analysis, which asks important questions about whether the judicial review we experience meets democratic standards, as opposed to the more common concern of whether an idealized form of judicial review might meet democratic standards."—Mark A. Graber, Regents Professor, University of Maryland Carey School of Law "Creatively blending political theory and institutional analysis, Watkins and Lemieux show why tired arguments over the dangers of judicial activism overlook the courts’ crucial function of protecting democracy from political failures. Their repositioning of courts as unique but fundamentally political institutions challenges both conventional legal and political science understandings of judicial behavior. The book reconfigures American politics by bringing the courts into the picture as necessary partners in ensuring democratic legitimacy and preventing domination."—Julie Novkov, Professor of Political Science and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University at Albany "This pioneering book challenges conventional thinking about judicial review and moves the field in an exciting new direction. It dismantles minimalist and ‘instructions for judges’ approaches rooted in the wrong-headed countermajoritarian paradigm and redirects our attention to how well courts, as compared to other veto points, contribute to the anti-domination aim of democracy. The authors’ approach---simultaneously theoretical, practical, and comparative---yields properly modest conclusions about the virtues and vices of judicial review."—Terri Peretti, Professor of Political Science, Santa Clara University"A wonderful blend of normative and empirical analysis, which asks important questions about whether the judicial review we experience meets democratic standards, as opposed to the more common concern of whether an idealized form of judicial review might meet democratic standards."—Mark A. Graber, Regents Professor, University of Maryland Carey School of Law "Creatively blending political theory and institutional analysis, Watkins and Lemieux show why tired arguments over the dangers of judicial activism overlook the courts’ crucial function of protecting democracy from political failures. Their repositioning of courts as unique but fundamentally political institutions challenges both conventional legal and political science understandings of judicial behavior. The book reconfigures American politics by bringing the courts into the picture as necessary partners in ensuring democratic legitimacy and preventing domination."—Julie Novkov, Professor of Political Science and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University at Albany "This pioneering book challenges conventional thinking about judicial review and moves the field in an exciting new direction. It dismantles minimalist and ‘instructions for judges’ approaches rooted in the wrong-headed countermajoritarian paradigm and redirects our attention to how well courts, as compared to other veto points, contribute to the anti-domination aim of democracy. The authors’ approach---simultaneously theoretical, practical, and comparative---yields properly modest conclusions about the virtues and vices of judicial review."—Terri Peretti, Professor of Political Science, Santa Clara UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Part 1 1. Beyond the Countermajoritarian Difficulty 2. How Not to Argue About Judicial Review and Democracy 3. The Revolution will be Sub Silentio: The Roberts Court and Judicial Minimalism Part 2 4. Democracy-Against-Domination and Contemporary Democratic Theory 5. Compared to What? Judicial Review as Just Another Veto Point 6. Judicial Review in a Comparative Context 7. Conclusion: Toward a Realist, Institutionalist Democratic Theory
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Beginning Constitutional Law
Book SynopsisWhether you're new to higher education, coming to legal study for the first time or just wondering what Constitutional Law is all about, Beginning Constitutional Law is the ideal introduction to help you hit the ground running. Adopting a clear and simple approach with legal vocabulary explained in a detailed glossary avaliable on the companion website, Nick Howard breaks the subject of constitutional law down using practical everyday examples to make it understandable for anyone, whatever their background. Diagrams and flowcharts simplify complex issues, important cases are identified and explained, and on-the- spot questions help you recognise potential issues or debates within the law so that you can contribute in classes with confidence.This second edition has been updated to keep up to date with developments both before and after the 2015 General Election as well as ongoing proposals for reform, including: The referendum on independence for Scotland,Table of Contents1. Introduction2. Does the UK have a Constitution3. Finding UK Constitutional Law4. Analysing the UK Constitution5. Parliament’s Function and Make-up6. Parliamentary Sovereignty7. Government’s Relationship with Parliament8. Government and the Courts9. Human Rights Act 1998 and the European Convention on Human Rights10. Police powers, and public order11. Preparing for your Examination
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Security State in Pakistan
Book SynopsisThe War on Terror has been going on for over a decade and it shows no signs of winding down in near future, a war which has directly contributed to growing security regimes in frontline states. This book focuses on the legal dimensions of the War on Terror and security in Pakistan. It highlights the growth of the security state in Pakistan, and questions the growing and by-now entrenched legal security regime in the country. The book traces the roots of the present security laws in colonial and post-colonial times. One broader dimension from which the legal security regime of Pakistan is approached in this book is through highlighting specific issues concerning the legal identity of the subject such as the rights of aliens in the background of state power versus liberal constitutionalism, and the rights of terrorism suspects in the background of deploying death sentence as a tactical, psychological tool versus the absolute right to life (of every individuTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1: The Colonial State of SecurityChapter 2: The Post-colonial State of SecurityChapter 3: The Anti-Terrorism Act, ATA (1997)Chapter 4: Expansion and Entrenchment of the Legal Regime of SecurityChapter 5: Security and the Absolute Right to Life: Critical Reflections on the Revival of Capital PunishmentChapter 6: Aliens, Identity, and Legal Regime of Security on the BorderChapter 7: Epilogue: Kharotabad Killings: Security and Political ResponsibilityTable of CasesTable of LawsEnd NotesBibliographyIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Constitutional History of the UK
Book SynopsisAn appreciation of the development and evolution of the United Kingdom constitution is vital in order to understand the existing nature of the constitution, proposals for reform and the many complex challenges it faces. Ann Lyon presents a vivid overview of fourteen hundred years of English legal history taking us on a rich journey from a feudal society to the fractured Union of the present day. Drawing on key constitutional themes, Constitutional History of the United Kingdom provides insight and context to modern constitutional problems.This second edition has been revised and updated to bring coverage up to the present day, including parliamentary reform; the Scottish referendum on independence and further drives for enhanced devolution; the effect of EU membership on the UK Constitution; and the impact of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act 1998. Constitutional History of the United Kingdom offers an accessible and Trade Review‘Constitutional History of the United Kingdom tells the story of the evolution of the constitution to the present day. It is a fascinating story, extremely well told by an historian who now teaches law. The book is of relevance to students of law, history and government, a source of reference for undergraduate law students and essential reading for postgraduate study. The author makes the point that students of law often lack a historical perspective, essential to a thorough knowledge of the UK constitution, and this work is to my knowledge, the only recent one to explain the history of the UK with a view to illuminating constitutional changes. Its sheer breadth is impressive. It begins with a description of the development of government pre-1066, followed by a sweep of 14 centuries, culminating in UK membership of the EU and the adoption of European Convention on Human Rights. Themes provide continuity to the sequence of events; so, for instance, coherence is traceable through the events that inexorably led to the balance of power shifting from king to Parliament, and to our modern democracy. It explains well the background to events that were initially often violent and, in more recent history, political, and the conundrum of the UK constitution becomes over clearer as the reader progresses. The Constitutional History of the United Kingdom should be read by all students of constitutional law but is also a work of reference and could be enjoyed by anyone seeking to further their knowledge of UK History’. Times Higher Educational Supplement, 28 May 2004.'Students of British constitutional history will appreciate this well-written survey by Ann Lyons, a lecturer in law at the University of Wales, Swansea. The author, like her famous predecessor, F. W. Maitland, possesses expertise in both legal and general history, and she is able to interweave constitutional developments with important historical events as well as Maitland did in his classis 1908 work. Lyon's purpose is not to offer research but to compose a readable, up-to-date account for university students. The author has done an outstanding job of compressing so much information into a very readable volume, which takes into account the newest literature and most recent events in this area. A Constitutional History of the United Kingdom is recommended for students and interested general public.' History, Vol 32 No 3, Spring 2004 'This is a thorough, respectful history of constitutional developments in the United Kingdom from ancient times through to the recent changes under the European Union and the New Labour Government. This book is an excellent overview, but with much detail, of the functioning of the Ombudsman office in Great Britain. It is the starting point for understanding that institution and for teaching about future investigation of it. British Politics Group Newsletter, Autumn 2003'This is a thorough and very readable book, especially useful for references as well as a textbook...Law students should read Lyon' Representation, Michael Rush, University of Exeter. Vol 41, Number 2, 2005.Table of Contents1. The Development of English Law and Government prior to the Norman Conquest 2. The Norman Conquest and After: 1066-1189 3. Magna Carta and its Genesis 1189-1216 4. The Birth of Parliament: The Reign of Henry III 1216-72 5. The Reign of Edward I 6. A King Dethroned: Edward II 1307-27 7. Edward III 1327-77 8. Sad Stories of the Death of Kings: Richard II 9. The 15th Century 10. Government and Royal Justice in the Later Middle Ages 11. The Early Tudors 1485-1547 12. The Children of Henry VII 13. The Genesis of Civil War 1603-42 14. Civil War and Commonwealth 1642-60 15. Restoration and Revolution 1660-89 16. The Revolution Entrenched 1689-1707 17. The Early 18th Century 18. The Later 18th Century 19. The Reform Era 20. An Increasing Role for Government 21. The Later 19th Century 22. Queen Victoria and the Emergence of Constitutional Monarchy 23. Two Constitutional Crises: 1906-14 24. Representation of the people since 1900 25. The Emergence of Modern Monarchy: The 20th Century 26. Britain and Europe: The European Community 27. Devolution 28. The European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Commonwealth Caribbean Public Law
Book SynopsisTaking a critical look at the major areas of constitutional and administrative law, Commonwealth Caribbean Public Law places a firm emphasis on the protection of citizens' rights and good governance. The third edition of this book builds on the success of the previous two editions, setting-out the established legal principles through Caribbean cases, along with critique and commentary of the law where appropriate. Contemporary issues and changes in Caribbean public law are addressed including: the refining of the rules governing judicial review; recent cases dealing with the death penalty; and the likely impact on CARICOM initiatives on the rights of citizens.Trade ReviewPraise for the second edition: '... this [book] will surely influence the development of public law in the region. This book deserves a wide audience.' The Law Teacher, Vol 32, Issue 1.Table of Contents1. Public Law Defined 2. Judicial Review 3. Exclusion of Judicial Review, Public and Private Law 4. Administration of Justice Act of Barbados 5. The Rule of Law 6. Fundamental Rights and their Protection 7. Constitutional Fundamentals 8. The Public Service 9. Safeguards of Judicial Independence 10. The Ombudsman 11. Natural Justice and Doctrine of Legitimate Expectation 12. Remedies 13. Public Law Reform
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Cambridge University Press The Federalist With Letters of Brutus Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
Book SynopsisThe Federalist represents one side of one of the most momentous political debates ever conducted: whether to ratify, or to reject, the newly-drafted American constitution. To understand the debate properly requires attention to opposing Antifederalist arguments against the Constitution, and this new and authoritative student-friendly edition presents in full all eighty-five Federalist papers written by the pseudonymous 'Publius' (Hamilton, Madison, and Jay), along with the sixteen letters of 'Brutus', the prominent but still unknown New York Antifederalist who was Publius's most formidable foe. Each is systematically cross-referenced to the other, and both to the appended Articles of Confederation and US Constitution, making the reader acutely aware of the cut-and-thrust of debate in progress. The distinguished political theorist Terence Ball provides all of the standard series editorial features, including brief biographies and notes for further reading, making this the most accessiblTable of ContentsPreface; Introduction; Synopsis; Chronology; Biographical synopses; A note on sources and abbreviations; Bibliographical note; The Federalist; Letters of Brutus; Appendices The Articles of Confederation and Constitution of the United States.
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Cambridge University Press Constructing Civil Liberties
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Cambridge University Press Gay Rights and American Law
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Cambridge University Press Constitutional Change in the Commonwealth
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Cambridge University Press AsiaPacific Constitutional Systems
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Cambridge University Press Images and Cultures of Law in Early Modern England
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Cambridge University Press Some Makers of English Law
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Cambridge University Press The Negotiable Constitution On the Limitation of Rights
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Cambridge University Press The Politics of Constitutional Review in Germany
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Cambridge University Press Sanctions Accountability and Governance in a Globalised World Connecting International Law with Public Law
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Cambridge University Press Early English Legal Literature
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Cambridge University Press Feminist Constitutionalism Global Perspectives
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Cambridge University Press Conservatives and the Constitution
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Cambridge University Press American Politicians Confront the Court Opposition Politics and Changing Responses to Judicial Power
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Cambridge University Press Legislative Deferrals
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Cambridge University Press Expounding the Constitution
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Cambridge University Press Equity
Book SynopsisAs the Downing Professor of the Laws of England, F. W. Maitland lectured on equity at Cambridge for 18 years, ending in 1906. This text replicates the 1936 second edition publication of these lectures, edited by J. Brunyate, who added some notes to Maitland's work.Table of ContentsPreface, table of cases, table of statutes, and list of chancellors; 1. The origin of equity (I); 2. The origin of equity (II); 3. Uses and trusts; 4. The modern trust; 5. Creation of a trust; 6. Trusts implied, resulting and constructive; 7. The rights and duties of trustees; 8. The duties of trustees; 9. The nature of equitable estates and interests (I); 10. The nature of equitable estates and interests (II); Note on Oliver v. Hinton and Walker v. Linom; 9. The nature of equitable estates and interests (III); 12. The present relations of equity and the common law; Note on restrictive covenants; 13. Mortgages; Note on the law of property since 1925; 14. The remedies for breach of trust; Note on trusts; 15. Satisfaction and ademption; 16. Administration of assets (I); 17. Administration of assets (II); Note on administration of assets; 18. Conversion; 19. Election; Note on election; 20. Specific performance; 21. Injunctions; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Classical Foundations of the American Constitution
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Cambridge University Press Posthumous Interests Legal and Ethical Perspectives 7 Cambridge Law Medicine and Ethics Series Number 7
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Cambridge University Press American Politicians Confront the Court Opposition Politics and Changing Responses to Judicial Power
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Cambridge University Press Conservatives and the Constitution
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Cambridge University Press The Approach to SelfGovernment
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Cambridge University Press Constitutional Change in the Commonwealth
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Cambridge University Press Rereading the Constitution
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Cambridge University Press Judicial Review in New Democracies
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Cambridge University Press Courts and Political Institutions
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Cambridge University Press The Right to Property in Commonwealth Constitutions 11 Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law Series Number 11
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Cambridge University Press The Constitution of Europe
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Cambridge University Press ReReading the Constitution
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Cambridge University Press The American Constitution and the Debate Over Originalism
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Cambridge University Press The Civil Partnership Act 2004
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Cambridge University Press A History of the County Court 1846 1971
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Cambridge University Press To Constitute a Nation
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