Associate Professor Peter Burdon

Deputy Dean of Law

Adelaide Law School

Faculty of the Professions

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Peter Burdon is Deputy Dean of the Adelaide Law School and a delegate for the National Tertiary Education Union.

Within the university, Peter is a member of the University Student Matters Sub-Committee. He has sat on the Central Curriculum Design Operational Group Committee, the Assessment for Coursework Programs Policy Working Group and the Faculty of Professions Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Peter is a member of the ALLY Network which promotes an inclusive and respectful university environment for all who identify as LGBTIQ.

Peter's research uses interdisciplinary materials from sociology, political science, economics, philosophy, history and environmental studies. Peter is an expert in environmental theory and has written and edited books on Earth Jurisprudence and Earth Democracy. In 2017 he published a book on Hannah Arendt and the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann. He is currently working on a handbook and monograph on the Anthropocene.

In 2014 Peter was a visiting scholar at the University of California Berkeley, Center for Law and Society. In 2017 Peter was a visiting scholar at McGill University, Faculty of Law and a visiting professor at the McGill School of the Environment, Departments of Geography, and Natural Resource Sciences. In 2017 Peter was also a visiting professor at the Université de Montréal, Faculty of Law where he taught a course in legal theory for the inaugural LLD Innovation and Technology Program. Peter has also been invited to lecture at the University of Auckland, Faculty of Law; the University of Arizona, Faculty of Law and the School of Geography and Development; and San Francisco State University, Department of Political Science

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Research Interests

Environmental Law and Theory
- Earth Jurisprudence
- Protest Law and Civil Disobedience
- Climate Change Law and Policy
Political Theory
- Hannah Arendt
- Conservative Legal Thinking
- Marxist State Theory and Anarchist Political Philosophy
- Classics - Greek and Roman Myth and History.
Legal Education
- Critical Thinking and Democracy
- Neoliberalism and the University

Orcid: 0000-0003-0967-4987
Scopus: 36503541200
Web of Science ResearcherID: N-6654-2017

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Appointments

Date Position Institution name
2016 Associate Professor and Reader in Law Adelaide Law School
2013 - 2016 Senior Lecturer in Law Adelaide Law School
2011 - 2013 Lecturer in Law Adelaide Law School

Date	Position	Institution name
2016	Associate Professor and Reader in Law	Adelaide Law School
2013 - 2016	Senior Lecturer in Law	Adelaide Law School
2011 - 2013	Lecturer in Law	Adelaide Law School

Awards and Achievements

Date	Type	Title	Institution Name	Country	Amount
2020	Award	University Award for Outstanding Achievement	University of Adelaide	Australia	—
2020	Award	Covid 19 Emergency Teaching Response	University of Adelaide	Australia	—
2020	Award	Executive Dean Award	University of Adelaide	Australia	—
2019	Teaching Award	Executive Dean Award: Embedding Indigenous Knowledges	University of Adelaide	Australia	—
2016	Award	Executive Dean of the Faculty of the Professions Prize for Excellence in Teaching	—	—	—
2016	Award	IUCN Academy of Environmental Law: Emerging Scholarship Award	—	—	—
2013	Award	Citation, Early Career Award, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia	—	—	—
2012	Award	University Doctoral Research Medal	—	—	—
2012	Award	Bonython Prize for the Best Orginal Postgraduate Thesis	—	—	—
2011	Award	Executive Dean of the Faculty of the Professions Prize for Excellence in Teaching	—	—	—
2008	Scholarship	FA & MF Joyner Scholarship in Law	—	—	—

Education

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2012 - 2014	University of Adelaide	Australia	GCert.Ed (Higher Education)
2008 - 2011	University of Adelaide	Australia	PhD
2002 - 2007	University of Adelaide	Australia	LLB (hons)
2001 - 2003	University of Adelaide	Australia	BA (history)

Research Interests

Ecological Impacts of Climate Change Education Policy Environment Policy Environmental and Natural Resources Law Environmental Philosophy History and Philosophy of Education History and Philosophy of Law and Justice Philosophy Political Science Political Theory Property Law

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Journals

Year	Citation
2021	Baumann, A., Alexander, S., & Burdon, P. (2021). Land Commodification as a Barrier to Political and Economic Agency: A Degrowth Perspective. Journal of Australian Political Economy, 86(1), 379-405.
2021	Burdon, P. D. (2021). On the limits of political emancipation and legal rights. International Journal for the Semiotics of Law, 34(2), 319-339. DOI
2020	Baumann, A., Alexander, S., & Burdon, P. (2020). Land commodification as a barrier to political and economic agency: A degrowth perspective. Journal of Australian Political Economy, 2020(86 Special Issue), 379-405.
2020	Babie, P., & Burdon, P. (2020). COVID-19 and the Adelaide Law School, Australia. Journal of Security, Intelligence, and Resilience Education, 10(2).
2020	Taylor, P., Don, B., & Burdon, P. D. (2020). Moral Leadership and Climate Change Policy: The Role of the World Conservation Union. Ethics, Policy and Environment, 23(1), 1-21. DOI
2020	Burdon, P. D. (2020). Ecological law in the Anthropocene. Transnational Legal Theory, 11(1-2), 33-46. DOI Scopus1
2020	Burdon, P. D. (2020). Extinction Rebellion, Knitting Nannas and the silencing of dissent. Australian Environment Review, 34(9 & 10), 205-209.
2020	Burdon, P. D. (2020). Obligations in the Anthropocene. Law and Critique, 31(3), 309-328. DOI Scopus1
2019	Babie, P., Burdon, P., da Rimini, F., Metcalf, C., & Stenseth, G. (2019). The Idea of Property: A Comparative Review of Recent Empirical Research Methods. Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, 26(2), 401-436. DOI
2018	Burdon, P., & Heath, M. (2018). Protest and Political Communication after Brown v Tasmania. Law Society of SA Bulletin, 40(1), 10-11.
2018	Brown, D., Breakey, H., Burdon, P., Mackey, B., & Taylor, P. (2018). A four-step process for formulating and evaluating legal commitments under the Paris Agreement. Carbon & Climate Law Review, 12(2), 98-109. DOI
2018	Babie, P. T., Burdon, P. D., & da Rimini, F. (2018). The Idea of Property: An Introductory Empirical Assessment. Houston Journal of International Law, 40, 797-843.
2018	Burdon, P. (2018). Hannah Arendt and Edward Said: Exile and Binationalism. Philosophy Today, 62(2), 377-395. DOI Scopus1
2017	Heath, M., & Burdon, P. (2017). Silencing of activism in Australian law. Alternative Law Journal, 42(3), 190-194. DOI Scopus3
2017	Alexander, S., & Burdon, P. (2017). Wild democracy: A biodiversity of resistance and renewal. The Ecological Citizen, 1(1), 45-54.
2016	Burdon, P. (2016). Book Review: Foucault and the Politics of Rights. Adelaide Law Review, 37(2), 523-535.
2016	Wawryk, A., Burdon, P., & Podgorlec, J. (2016). Siting a Nuclear Waste Storage Facility & Matters of Consent. Law Society of South Australia Bulletin, 38(3), 20-22.
2015	Burdon, P. (2015). Hannah Arendt: on judgment and responsibility. Griffith Law Review, 24(2), 221-243. DOI Scopus6
2015	Burdon, P. (2015). Wild Law: a proposal for radical social change. New Zealand Journal of Public and International Law, 13(1), 157-177.
2015	Burdon, P., Drew, G., Stubbs, M., Webster, A., & Barber, M. (2015). Decolonising Indigenous water ‘rights’ in Australia: flow, difference, and the limits of law. Settler Colonial Studies, 5(4), 334-349. DOI Scopus6
2014	Burdon, P. (2014). Idealism and struggle: co-opting legal rights for environmental protection. Alternative Law Journal, 39(3), 176-178. DOI Scopus1
2014	Burdon, P., Appleby, G., LaForgia, R., McIntyre, J., & Naffine, N. (2014). Reflecting on Hannah Arendt and Eichman in Jerusalem: a report on the banality of evil. Adelaide Law Review, 35(2), 427-447.
2013	Burdon, P. (2013). The Earth community and ecological jurisprudence. Onari Socio - Legal Series, 3(5), 815-837.
2013	Appleby, G., Burdon, P., & Reilly, A. (2013). Critical thinking in legal education: Our journey. Legal Education Review, 23(2), 345-377.
2013	Heath, M., & Burdon, P. (2013). Academic resistance to the neoliberal university. Legal Education Review, 23(2), 379-401.
2012	Burdon, P. (2012). A theory of earth jurisprudence. Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy, 37, 28-60.
2012	Burdon, P. (2012). Earth jurisprudence and the Murray-Darling: the future of a river. Alternative Law Journal, 37(2), 82-85. DOI Scopus5
2012	Burdon, P. D. (2012). Review Essay: Property Rights and Sustainability: The Evolution of Property Rights to Meet Ecological Challenges'. Adelaide Law Review, 33(2), 581-586.
2011	Burdon, P. (2011). Earth jurisprudence: private property and earth community. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 144(3), 109-110.
2011	Burdon, P. (2011). The jurisprudence of Thomas Berry. Worldviews: global religions, culture, and ecology, 15(2), 151-167. DOI Scopus3
2011	Burdon, P. (2011). Earth rights: the theory. IUCN Academy of Environmental Law e-Journal, 2011(1), 1-12.
2010	Burdon, P. (2010). The rights of nature: Reconsidered. Australian Humanities Review, 49, 69-89.
2010	Burdon, P. (2010). Wild law: The philosophy of Earth Jurisprudence. Alternative Law Journal, 35(2), 62-65. DOI Scopus19
2010	Burdon, P. D., & Burdon, P. D. (2010). What is Good Land Use? From Rights to Responsibilities. Melbourne University Law Review, 34(3), 708-735.
2010	Burdon, P. (2010). What is good land use? From rights to relationship. Melbourne University Law Review, 34(3), 708-735. Scopus6 WoS9
2008	Burdon, P. (2008). Native title and the clash of civilisations. Chain Reaction, 104, 21-22.

Books

Year	Citation
2021	Anker, K., Burdon, P. D., Garver, G., Maloney, M., & Sbert, C. (Eds.) (2021). From Environmental to Ecological Law. Abingdon, Oxon; United Kingdom: Routledge.
2019	Burdon, P., Bosselmann, K., & Engel, K. (Eds.) (2019). The Crisis in Global Ethics and the Future of Global Governance Fulfilling the Promise of the Earth Charter. Cheltenham, Glos; United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.
2018	Burdon, P. (2018). Hannah Arendt: Legal Theory and the Eichmann Trial. London: Routledge. DOI Scopus1
2015	Burdon, P. (2015). Earth Jurisprudence: Private Property and the Environment (1 ed.). United Kingdom: Routledge.
2014	Maloney, M., & Burdon, P. (Eds.) (2014). Wild Law - In Practice. Abingdon & New York.
2014	Burdon, P. D. (2014). Earth jurisprudence: Private property and the environment. Routledge. DOI Scopus13
2011	Burdon, P. (Ed.) (2011). Exploring wild law: the philosophy of earth jurisprudence. Kent Town, SA: Wakefield Press.

Book Chapters

Year	Citation
2021	Burdon, P. (2021). The targeting of environmentalists with state-corporate intelligence networks. In K. Anker, P. D. Burdon, G. Garver, M. Maloney, & S. Sbert (Eds.), From Environmental to Ecological Law. Abingdon, Oxon; United Kingdom: Routledge.
2020	Burdon, P. (2020). Neoliberalism in legal education research. In B. Golder, M. Nehme, A. Steel, & P. Vines (Eds.), Imperatives for Legal Education Research Then, Now and Tomorrow (pp. 31-48). London, United Kingdom: Routledge. DOI
2019	Burdon, P., & Stewart, J. (2019). Can Social Property Survive Under Neoliberalism?: A View from Australia. In P. Babie, & J. Viven-Wilksch (Eds.), Léon Duguit and the Social Obligation Norm of Property: A Translation and Global Exploration (pp. 355-370). Singapore: Springer Nature.
2019	Burdon, P. (2019). Rethinking Global Ethics in the Anthropocene. In P. Burdon, K. Bosselmann, & K. Engel (Eds.), The Crisis in Global Ethics and the Future of Global Governance: Fulfilling the Promise of the Earth Charter (pp. 92-108). London: Edward Elgar.
2019	Burdon, P., Bosselmann, K., & Engel, K. (2019). Fulfilling the Promise of the Earth Charter. In P. D. Burdon, K. Bosselmann, & K. Engel (Eds.), The Crisis in Global Ethics and the Future of Global Governance: Fulfilling the Promise of the Earth Charter (pp. xiii-xxi). London: Edward Elgar.
2019	Burdon, P. D., & Stewart, J. G. (2019). Can social property survive under neoliberalism?: A view from Australia Peter D. Burdon and James G. Stewart. In P. Babie, & J. Viven-Wilksch (Eds.), Leon Duguit and the Social Obligation Norm of Property: A Translation and Global Exploration (pp. 355-370). Singapore: Springer Nature. DOI Scopus1
2017	Heath, M., & Burdon, P. (2017). Academic resistance: Landscape of hope and despair. In A. Nocella II, & E. Juergensmeyer (Eds.), Fighting Academic Repression and Neoliberal Education: Resistance, Reclaiming, Organizing, and Black Lives Matter in Education (pp. 33-45). NY, USA: Peter Lang Publishing.
2017	Burdon, P. (2017). The Earth Community and Ecological Jurisprudence. In K. Bosselmann, & P. Taylor (Eds.), Ecological Approaches to Environmental Law. Edward Elgar.
2017	Burdon, P. D. (2017). Private Property Revisited. In K. Bosselmann, & P. Taylor (Eds.), Ecological Approaches to Environmental Law. Edward Elgar.
2017	Burdon, P., & Martel, J. (2017). Environmentalism and an Anarchist Research Method. In A. Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, & V. Brooks (Eds.), Handbook of Research Methods in Environmental Law (pp. 316-337). United Kingdom: Edward Elgar.
2016	Burdon, P., Drew, G., Stubbs, M., Webster, A., & Barber, M. (2016). Decolonising Indigenous water ‘rights’ in Australia: flow, difference, and the limits of law. In T. Neale, & S. Turner (Eds.), Other People's Country: Law, Water and Entitlement in Settler Colonial Sites (pp. 58-73). United Kingdom: Routledge.
2016	Burdon, P. (2016). Property: concept, rationale, contexts. In H. Esmaeili, & B. Grigg (Eds.), The Boundaries of Australian Property Law (pp. 6-21). Port Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.
2016	Burdon, P. (2016). Native title: history and conflict. In H. Esmaeili, & B. Grigg (Eds.), The Boundaries of Australian Property Law (pp. 118-139). Port Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.
2016	Burdon, P., & Reilly, A. (2016). Deliberative democracy. In G. Appleby, & R. Dixon (Eds.), The Critical Judgments Project: Re-reading Monis v The Queen (pp. 163-178). Annandale, NSW: Federation Press.
2016	Burdon, P., & Williams, C. (2016). Rights of nature: a constructive analysis. In D. Fisher (Ed.), Research Handbook on Fundamental Concepts of Environmental Law (pp. 196-220). Gloucestershire, England: Edward Elgar Publishing. DOI Scopus3
2015	Burdon, P. (2015). Environmental human rights: a constructive critique. In A. Grear, & L. Kotze (Eds.), Research Handbook on Human Rights and the Environment (1 ed., pp. 61-78). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. DOI Scopus3
2014	Burdon, P. D. (2014). Earth jurisprudence and the project of Earth democracy. In M. Maloney, & P. Burdon (Eds.), Wild Law - In Practice (1 ed., pp. 19-30). Oxfordshire, England: Taylor & Francis. DOI Scopus12
2014	Burdon, P. (2014). Realizing earth democracy: governance from below. In L. Westra, & M. Vilela (Eds.), The Earth Charter, Ecological Integrity and Social Movements (1 ed., pp. 24-35). United Kingdom: Routledge. DOI Scopus2
2013	Burdon, P. (2013). The project of Earth Democracy. In L. Westra, P. Taylor, & A. Michelot (Eds.), Confronting ecological and economic collapse: ecological integrity for law, policy and human rights (1 ed., pp. 244-254). United Kingdom: Routledge. DOI Scopus3
2011	Burdon, P. (2011). The Great Jurisprudence. In P. Burdon (Ed.), Exploring Wild Law: The Philosophy of Earth Jurisprudence (1 ed., pp. 59-78). Australia: Wakefield Press.
2011	Burdon, P. (2011). Eco-Centric Paradigm. In P. Burdon (Ed.), Exploring Wild Law: The Philosophy of Earth Jurisprudence (1 ed., pp. 85-96). Australia: Wakefield Press.

Conference Items

Year Citation
2012 Burdon, P. D. (2012). Environmental Protection and the Limits of Rights Talk. Poster session presented at the meeting of Unknown Conference.

Year	Citation
2012	Burdon, P. D. (2012). Environmental Protection and the Limits of Rights Talk. Poster session presented at the meeting of Unknown Conference.

Report for External Bodies

Year	Citation
2020	Burdon, P. D. (2020). Torrens Governance Reforms.
2017	Bosselmann, K., Burdon, P., Taylor, P., Stewart, N., Kotzé, L., Waikavee, T., & IUCN WCEL Ethics Specialist Group. (2017). Compatibility of trophy hunting as a form of sustainable use with IUCN’s objectives. IUCN.
2017	Bosselmann, K., Burdon, P., Taylor, P., Stewart, N., Kotzé, L., Waikavee, T., & IUCN WCEL Ethics Specialist Group. (2017). Compatibility of trophy hunting as a form of sustainable use with IUCN’s objectives. IUCN.
2015	Burdon, P. D. (2015). A change in the weather? Australia and Climate Change Politics 2007–2014: Ethics and Climate Change: A Study of National Commitments (86). IUCN Publications Services.

Original Creative Works

Year Citation
2020 Authors: Burdon PD, Alexander S. Title: Death For Gaia: Ecocide and the Righteous Assassins. Description: N/A. Extent: 110 pages.

Year	Citation
2020	Authors: Burdon PD, Alexander S. Title: Death For Gaia: Ecocide and the Righteous Assassins. Description: N/A. Extent: 110 pages.

University of Adelaide, Learning and Teaching Award 2020, $5,000 with Anne Hewitt, Stacey Henderson, DavidCaruso, Kellie Toole, Margaret Castles, Gabrielle Golding, Maeghan Toews & David Plater.

University of Adelaide, Faculty of the Professions, Diversity and Inclusion Grant 2017, $2,000.

University of Adelaide, Faculty of the Professions and Adelaide Law School, Combined Cat 1 and Momentum Fund Grants 2013-2015, $20,000 for 'Psychology of Property' Pilot and ARC DP Projects.

University of Adelaide, Green Loan Fund 2014, $5,000.

University of Adelaide, Green Loan Fund 2013, $5,000.

My teaching style has been influenced by the educational writings of John Dewey, Paulo Freire, bell hooks, Mary Heath and Stephen Brookfield. I seek to create an educational space that is inclusive, democratic and which encourages critical thinking.

I teach the following courses:

LAW 1506 - Property Law

LAW 2561 - The Politics of Law

LAW 2526 - Legal Theory (Special Topic, Hannah Arendt & Eichmann in Jerusalem)

LAW 3505 - Aboriginal Peoples and the Law

LAW 7187 - Advanced Legal Research and Writing

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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2021	Principal Supervisor	Created Equal? Revisiting Equality's Philosophical Foundations	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Sawinder Singh
2021	Principal Supervisor	The Modern Interface of Law and Science: CRISPR Technology	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Olga Christine Pandos
2021	Principal Supervisor	Alternative Dispute Resolution and Disability Discrimination	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Peta Spyrou
2020	Principal Supervisor	Protecting Public Health against Harm from Medical Device Adverse Events	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Ms Aminath Ali Mariya
2020	Principal Supervisor	Consent to treatment in acute care health settings: clinical practice and patient autonomy	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Ms Patricia Carlisle
2018	Co-Supervisor	Investing in 'Home': Theorising the State's Role in Distributing 'Home' Ownership. Is there a Just Distribution of 'Home' in Australia, and whose Responsibility is this?	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Samuel Paul Tyrer
2017	Principal Supervisor	International Law, International Relations and Climate Change	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Geoffrey William George Leane
2017	Co-Supervisor	Opinion as Law: University Compliance with Ideo-Political Education Policy Regarding Pedagogy in Chinese Universities	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Mr Michael Shaun Patrick Hooper
2014	Principal Supervisor	Environmental Law: Ocean/Climate Science	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Ms Claire Marie Williams

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2017 - 2019	Co-Supervisor	Posthuman Legal Subjectivity in the Anthropocene: Introducing the Cosmic Person	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Rev Jana Norman
2015 - 2019	Co-Supervisor	Demystifying Critical Legal Studies	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	James Gilchrist Stewart
2014 - 2018	Principal Supervisor	Lawful Cruelty: Six Ways in Which Australian Animal Welfare Laws Permit Cruelty Towards Nonhuman Animals	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Katherine Elizabeth Russell

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Committee Memberships

Date Role Committee Institution Country
2020 - ongoing Member Expert Reviewer National Science Centre Poland Poland
2019 - ongoing Member Expert Reviewer European Research Council (ERC) Belgium
Memberships

Date Role Membership Country
2019 - ongoing Member Environment Institute, University of Adelaide Australia
Editorial Boards

Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country
2018 - ongoing Editor Alternative Law Journal — Australia

Date	Role	Committee	Institution	Country
2020 - ongoing	Member	Expert Reviewer	National Science Centre Poland	Poland
2019 - ongoing	Member	Expert Reviewer	European Research Council (ERC)	Belgium

Date	Role	Membership	Country
2019 - ongoing	Member	Environment Institute, University of Adelaide	Australia

Date	Role	Editorial Board Name	Institution	Country
2018 - ongoing	Editor	Alternative Law Journal	—	Australia

Offices Held

Date	Office Name	Institution	Country
2019 - ongoing	Deputiy Director	Global Network for the Study of Human Rights and the Environment - International	United States
2017 - ongoing	Director	Global Network for the Study of Human Rights and the Environment, Australasia	Australia
2016 - ongoing	Steering Committee	Ecological Law and Governance Association	—
2016 - ongoing	Editorial Board	International Journal of Political Theory	—
2012 - ongoing	Deputy Chair	International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Ethics Specialist Group	—
2012 - ongoing	Delegate	National Tertiary Education Union	Australia
2011 - 2012	Executive Committee	Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature	—
2010 - 2013	Management Committee	Environmental Defenders Office (SA)	Australia
2007 - 2011	Executive Committee	Conservation SA	Australia

Position: Deputy Dean of Law
Phone: 83134446
Email: peter.d.burdon@adelaide.edu.au
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Ligertwood, floor 3
Room: 3 28
Org Unit: Adelaide Law School

Associate Professor Peter Burdon

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