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Durham Law School

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Professor Michael Bohlander - all publications

Books: authored

Books: edited

Books: reviews

  • Bohlander, Michael. (2004). Review of Robert W. Bennett, Talking it Through - Puzzles of American Democracy. Swiss Political Science Review 125.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2001). Regular book reviews on works from the fields on international and comparative criminal justice since 2001. International Criminal Law Review

Books: sections

Conference papers

Edited works: contributions

  • Bohlander, Michael & Akçam, Taner (2013). Echoes of the Genocide – Reflections on Turkey’s Treatment of Armenian Property Rights. In Festschrift in Honour of Giuliana Capaldo. Oriolo, Anna & Vigorito, Anna OUP.
  • Bohlander, Michael (2013). Volver a Radbruch - La necesidad de retomar de raíz el diálogo entre common law y Derecho continental, en atención al ejemplo de la justicia penal internacional. In Diálogo Jurisprudencial entre Tribunales Constitucionales y Cortes Internacionales. Herrera García, Alfonso & Ferrer Mac-Gregor, Eduardo Tirant lo Blanch.
  • Reed, Alan. & Bohlander, Michael. (2011). Introduction. In Loss of Control and Diminished Responsibility: Domestic, Comparative and International Perspectives. Reed, Alan. & Bohlander, Michael. Farnham, Surrey Ashgate. 1-8.
  • Bohlander, Michael (2011). Separation of Powers and the International Judiciary – A vision of institutional judicial independence in international law. In Culture of Judicial Independence: Conceptual Foundations and Practical Challenges. Shetreet, S. & Forsyth, C. Boston: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2011). When the bough breaks – Defences and sentencing options available in battered-women and similar scenarios under German Criminal Law. In Loss of Control and Diminished Responsibility: Domestic, Comparative and International Perspectives. Reed, Alan. & Bohlander, Michael. Surrey Ashgate Publishing Ltd. 247-270.
  • Bohlander, Michael. & Rothe, Dawn L. (2010). Assassination of regime elites versus collateral civilian damage?. In State Crime: Current Perspectives. Rothe, Dawn L. & Mullins, Christopher W. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press. 245-261.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2010). Flexible Judges or Flexing the Political Muscle?. In Separation of Powers in Theory and Practice - An International Perspective. De Groot-van Leeuwen, L.E. & Rombouts, Wannes. Nijmegen: Wolf Legal Publishers. 123-138.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2010). Introduction. In Globalization of Criminal Justice. Bohlander, Michael. Farnham: Ashgate. xi-xxv.
  • Bohlander, Michael. & Rothe, Dawn L. (2010). Legal Precedent, Jurisprudence, and State Crime: Pinochet and Crimes Against Humanity. In State Crime: Current perspectives. Rothe, Dawn L. & Mullins, Christopher W. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press. 162-184.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2009). Killing many to save a few? Preliminary Thoughts about Avoiding Collateral Civilian Damage by Assassination of Regime Elites. In International Law and Power: Perspectives on Legal Order and Justice - Essays in Honour of Colin Warbrick. Kaikobad, Kaiyan H. & Bohlander, Michael. Leiden, The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff. 207-234.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2008). Ne bis in idem. In International Criminal Law. Bassiouni, Cherif. Leiden, The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. III: 541-560.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2008). The General Part: Judicial Developments. In International Criminal Law. Bassiouni, Cherif. Leiden, The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. III: 517-540.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2007). Better Regulation by Abdication? - Remarks on Parliamentary Democracy and Governmental Law-Making. In Better Regulation. Stephen Weatherill. Oxford/Portland, Oregon: Hart Publishing. 149-154.
  • Bohlander, Michael (2007). The International Criminal Judiciary Problems of Judicial Selection, Independence and Ethics. In International Criminal Justice - A Critical Analysis of Institutions and Procedures. Bohlander, Michael London: Cameron May. 325-390.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2006). Introduction and Overview. In Defense in International Criminal Proceedings-Cases, Materials and Commentary. Bohlander, Michael., Boed, Roman. & Wilson, Richard J. Transnational Publishers. 1.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2006). Laienrichter in der Strafjustiz - Ein Vergleich am Beispiel der Rechtsordnungen von England, Spanien und Frankreich. In Laienrichter in Japan, Deutschland und Europa - Japanisch-Deutsches Symposium, Doshisha University Law School, Kyoto, 15 May 2005. Marutschke, Hans-Peter. Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag. 62-86.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2006). Right to Counsel. In Defense in International Criminal Proceedings - Cases, Materials and Commentary. Bohlander, Michael., Boed, Roman. & Wilson, Richard J. Transnational Publishers. 67.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2005). Internationalisierte Strafgerichte auf nationaler Ebene - Kosovo, Kambodscha, Sierra Leone und Timor-Leste (with Justice Renate Winter, Sierra Leone Special Court). In Internationale Strafgerichtshöfe. Kirsch, Stefan. 261.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2004). Anspruch und Wirklichkeit des Völkerstrafrechts. In Working Papers of the Interuniversitäres Rechtszentrum Split/Berlin. Roggeman, Herwig et al. 101.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2004). Das Verfahrensrecht des Jugoslawientribunals – Überblick und Beispiele zu grundlegenden Aspekten der Rechtsfindung. In Internationalisierung des Strafrechts – Fortschritt oder Verlust an Rechtsstaatlichkeit, Schriftenreihe der Strafverteidigervereinigungen. 27, 199.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2004). The influence of academic research on the jurisprudence of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia – A first overview. In The Global Community: Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence 2003. 195-209.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2003). Anspruch und Wirklichkeit des Völkerstrafrechts. In Staatswissenschaften im Dialog - Schillerhausgespräche 2001. Haedrich, Martina. & Eichenhofer, Eberhard. 9.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2003). Kosovo: The legal framework of the prosecution and the courts. In New Approaches in International Criminal Justice: Kosovo, East Timor, Sierra Leone and Cambodia Max-Planck-Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law. Ambos, Kai. & Othman, Mohammed. Iuscrim Verlag. 21-59.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2003). Reprint of Zum Einsatz von Videotechnologie bei der Vernehmung kindlicher Zeugen, Zeitschrift für die gesamte Strafrechtswissenschaft 107 (1995). In Der Strafprozeß vor neuen Herausforderungen. Lagodny, Otto. NOMOS Verlag. 253.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2003). The Defence. In International Criminal Law Developments in the Case Law of the ICTY. Boas, Gideon. & Schabas, William. Martinus Nijhoff. 35 - 74.
  • Bohlander, Michael. & Findlay, Mark. (2003). The use of domestic sources as a basis for international criminal law principles. In 2002 The Global Community, Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence. Capaldo, Giuliana Z. New York: Oceana Publications. 3-26.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2002). Possible Conflicts of Jurisdiction with the Ad Hoc International Criminal Tribunals. In The Rome Statue of the International Criminal Court: A Comentary. Cassese, Antonio., Gaeta, Paola. & Jones, John RWD. OUP. 687.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2000). Criticizing Judges in Germany. In Freedom of Expression and the Criticism of Judges. Addo, Michael. Ashgate. 65.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2000). Plea bargaining before the ICTY. In Essays in ICTY Procedure and Evidence - Essays in Honour of President Gabrielle Kirk McDonald. May, Richard et al. Kluwer Law International. 151.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2000). Völkerrecht als Grundlage internationaler Strafverfahren? In Humanitäres Völkerrecht. Hasse, Jana et al. 379.

Journal papers: academic

  • Bohlander, Michael. (2012). "There is no compulsion in religion“ - Freedom of religion, responsibility to protect (R2P) and crimes against humanity at the example of the Islamic blasphemy laws of Pakistan. Journal of Islamic State Practices in International Law 8(1): 36-66.
  • Bohlander, Michael. & Rothe, Dawn L. (2012). “Spock was wrong”– Global Student Views on Head-of-State and Regime Assassination as a Means of Avoiding Collateral Civilian Damage in Armed Conflicts. The Global Community Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence 2010 1: 69-127.
  • Bohlander, Michael (2012). Case Note on Amtsgericht Köln, Judgment No. 528 Ds 30/11, Germany of 21 September 2011 and Landgericht Köln, Judgment No. 151 Ns 169/11, Germany of 7 May 2012 (Criminal liability for not medically indicated male circumcision based on religious tradition). Oxford Journal of Law and Religion
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2011). Battered Women and Failed Attempts to Kill the Abuser – Labelling and Doctrinal Inconsistency in English Homicide Law. Journal of Criminal Law 75(4): 279-288.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2011). Konventionsfreundliche Auslegung von Art. 103 II GG nach Scoppola v Italy (No. 2): Verfassungsrang für das Lex-Mitior-Prinzip?. StraFo 169-172.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2011). Radbruch Redux: The need for revisiting the conversation between common and civil law at root level at the example of international criminal justice. Leiden Journal of International Law 24(2): 393-410.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2011). Retrospective reductions in the severity of substantive criminal law – The lex mitior principle and the impact of Scoppola v Italy No. 2. Criminal Law Review (8): 627-641.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2010). Death of an Appellant – The termination of the appellate proceedings in the case of Rasim Delic at the ICTY. Criminal Law Forum 21(3-4): 495-509.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2010). Letter to the editor: Reply to J. J. Child, Crim. L.R. 2010, 12, 924-932. Criminal Law Review 12: 933-935.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2010). No Country for Old Men? - Age limits for judges at international criminal tribunals. Indian Yearbook of International Law and Policy 1.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2010). Open Justice or Open Season? Should the media report the names of suspects and defendants?. Journal of Criminal Law 74(4): 321-338.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2010). Problems of Transferred Malice in Multiple-Actor Scenarios. Journal of Criminal Law 74(2): 145-162.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2010). The Conflict between the Serious Crime Act 2007 and section 1(4)(b) Criminal Attempts Act 1981 – A missed repeal?. Criminal Law Review 6: 483-488.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2010). Transferred malice and transferred defences: A critique of the traditional doctrine and arguments for a change in paradigm. New Criminal Law Review 13(3): 555-624.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2009). Comment: The Remains of the Day - Whole Life Sentences after Bieber. Journal of Criminal Law 73(1): 30 - 47.
  • Bohlander, Michael. & Mohammad M. Hedayati-Kakhki. (2009). Criminal Justice under Shari’ah in the 21st Century - An Inter-Cultural View. Arab Law Quarterly 23(4): 417-436.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2009). Pride and Prejudice or Sense and Sensibility? A pragmatic proposal for the recruitment of judges at the ICC and other international criminal courts. New Criminal Law Review 12(4): 529-542.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2007). Case Comment on Bundesgerichtshof, Judgment of 16 March 2006, Case No. 4 StR 594/05. Journal of Criminal Law 29-32.
  • Bohlander, Michael (2007). Mistaken consent to sex, political correctness and correct policy. Journal of Criminal Law 71(5): 412 - 426.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2007). Uluslararasi Ceza Yargisi: Yargisal Secim, Bagimsizlik ve Etik Sorunlari. Uluslararası Suçlar ve Tarih (International Crimes and History) (3 - 4): 5 - 68.
  • Bohlander, Michael (2006). A more onerous procedure? New Law Journal 156.(March 2006.): 525.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2006). Case Comment on Bundesgerichtshof, Judgment of 12 July 2005, Case No. 1 StR 65/05. Journal of Criminal Law 131-135.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2006). Case Comment on Bundesgerichtshof, Judgment of 14 June 2005, Case No. 1 StR 503/04. Journal of Criminal Law 135-138.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2006). Case Comment on Bundesgerichtshof, Judgment of 16 March 2006, Case No. 4 StR 536/05. Journal of Criminal Law 482-484.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2006). Case Comment on Tribunal Supremo, Sala de lo Penal, Judgments of 15 March 2005 (Case No. 336/2005) and 13 April 2005 (Case No. 463/2005). Journal of Criminal Law 211-214.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2006). Case Comment: To what extent are decisions of the European Court of Human Rights binding on domestic courts when interpreting domestic law. The Global Community, Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence 1: 233.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2006). Evidence before the International Criminal Court - Basic Principles. ERA-Forum - scripta iuris europaei 543-554.
  • Bohlander, Michael (2006). In Extremis - Hijacked airplanes, 'collateral damage' and the limits of criminal law. Criminal Law Review 579-592.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2006). Kann das Sondertribunal für den Irak Saddam Hussein zum Tod verurteilen? Zeitschrift für die gesamte Strafrechtswissenschaft 677-682.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2006). Of shipwrecked sailors, unborn children, conjoined twins and hijacked airplanes - Taking human life and the defence of necessity. Journal of Criminal Law 70: 147-161.
  • Bohlander, Michael (2006). Referring an indictment from the ICTY and ICTR to another court - Rule 11bis and the consequences for the law of extradition. International and Comparative Law Quarterly 219-226.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2005). A fool for a client. Criminal Law Forum 159-173.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2005). Can the Iraqi Special Tribunal sentence Saddam Hussein to Death? Journal of International Criminal Justice (3): 463-468.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2005). Case Comment on Bundesgerichtshof, Decision of 3 March 2005, Case No. GSSt 1/04. Journal of Criminal Law 499-502.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2005). Case Comment on Hoge Raad der Nederlanden, Judgment of 9 November 2004, Case No. 02641/03. Journal of Criminal Law 401-404.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2005). Prosecution appeals against acquittals in bench trials - The Criminal Justice Act 2003 and the Government's Fear of the Dark. Journal of Criminal Law 69: 326-329.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2005). Take it from me.-The role of the judge and lay assessors in deciding questions of law in appeals to the Crown Court. Journal of Criminal Law 69: 442-448.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2005). The Sexual Offences Act 2003 and the Tyrrell Principle - Criminalising the Victims?. Criminal Law Review 701-713.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2003). Last Exit Bosnia - Transferring War Crimes Prosecution from the International Tribunal to Domestic Courts. Criminal Law Forum 14(1): 59-99.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2002). The JAC Draft Criminal Code of Kosovo of 13 August 2001 - Some comments on war crimes, crimes against humanity and Security Council Resolution 1244. Kosovo Legal Studies 5.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2001). International Criminal Tribunals and their Power to Punish Contempt and False Testimony. Criminal Law Forum 91.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2001). The direct application of international criminal law in Kosovo. Kosovo Legal Studies 7.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2000). International Criminal Defense Ethics. San Diego International Law Journal 75.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (2000). Prosecutor v. Dusko Tadic: Waiting to Exhale. Criminal Law Forum 217.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1999). A Silly Question? - Court Sanctions against Defence Counsel for Trial Misconduct. Criminal Law Forum 467.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1999). Das neue spanische Geschworenengericht. Anwaltsblatt 193.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1999). Die sogenannte Widerspruchslösung des BGH und die Verantwortung des Strafverteidigers - Ansatz zu einem Revisionsgrund der 'ineffective assistance of counsel' im deutschen Strafprozeß? Strafverteidiger 562.
  • Bohlander, Michael (1999). Widerruf früherer Strafaussetzung durch das erkennende Gericht - Eine Anregung zur Verfahrensbeschleunigung. Neue Zeitschrift für Strafrecht 493.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1998). Einleitung der Vollstreckung rechtskräftiger Jugendstrafen nach Einbeziehung gemäß § 31 II JGG. Neue Zeitschrift für Strafrecht 236.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1998). Lawyers and the media: German Experience. Legal Ethics 126.
  • Bohlander, Michael. & Pitchers, Christopher J. (1998). Richterliche Fortbildung in England and Wales. Anwaltsblatt 626.
  • Bohlander, Michael., Blacksell, Mark. & Born, Martin. (1998). Stadtgestalt und Eigentumsrückübertragung in den Neuen Bundesländern. Berichte zur deutschen Landeskunde 175.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1998). The German Advantage Revisited: An inside view of German civil procedure in the Nineties. Tulane European and Civil Law Forum 25.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1998). Vorab erklärter Rechtsmittelverzicht bei antragsgemäßer Entscheidung im Strafverfahren. Zeitschrift für Rechtspolitik 168.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1998). Zur Verlesbarkeit polizeilicher Protokolle von Beschuldigtenvernehmungen bei Zustimmung des Angeklagten. Neue Zeitschrift für Strafrecht 396.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1997). Advocates in East Germany after 1949. Applied Geography 435.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1997). Anerkenntnis im schriftlichen Vorverfahren nach Verteidigungsanzeige. Neue Juristische Wochenschrift 35.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1997). Bericht uber die Teilnahme am deutsch-spanischen Richteraustausch. Deutsche Richterzeitung 37.
  • Bohlander, Michael. & Latour, Christian. (1997). Zum Einfluß der politischen Parteien auf die Ernennungen zum Bundesgerichshof. Zeitschrift für Rechtspolitik 437.
  • Bohlander, Michael., Born, Martin. & Blacksell, Mark. (1997). Zweites Staatsexamen oder Juristem-Diplom: Anwälte in den neuen Bundesländern. BRAK-Mitteilungen 2.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1996). Der Richter als Störfaktor. Monatsschrift fur Deutsches Recht 1093.
  • Bohlander, Michael., Blacksell, Mark. & Born, Martin. (1996). Die Regelung offener Vermögensfragen in den Neuen Bundesländern: Ausmaß und regionale Unterschiede. Geographische Zeitschrift 238.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1996). Grundrechtswidrige Durchsuchungs- und Beschlagnahmebeschlüsse. Anwaltsblatt 271.
  • Bohlander, Michael., Blacksell, Mark. & Born, Martin. (1996). Settlement of Property Claims in Former East Germany. Geographical Review 198.
  • Bohlander, Michael., Blacksell, Mark. & Born, Martin. (1996). The geographical consequences of property restitution in Germany's New Bundesländer since unification. Europa Regional 14.
  • Bohlander, Michael., Blacksell, Mark. & Born, Martin. (1996). The Legal Profession in East Germany - Past, Present and Future. International Journal of the Legal Profession 255.
  • Bohlander, Michael., Blacksell, Mark. & Born, Martin. (1995). Search for a Unified Justice. Geographical (2/95): 30.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1995). Zum Einsatz von Videotechnologie bei der Vernehmung kindlicher Zeugen. Zeitschrift für die gesamte Strafrechtswissenschaft (107): 87.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1994). Expendiency over due process. Legal Action 9.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1994). La défense le l'accusé en garde à vue. Revue de science criminelle et de droit pénal comparé 311.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1994). Zu den Anforderungen an die Privatklageschrift nach § 381 StPO. Neue Zeitschrift für Stafrecht 420.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1994). Zur Reform des englischen Strafverfahrens. Zeitschrift für die gesamte Strafrechtswissenschaft (106): 448.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1993). Anwaltliches Berufsrecht in England und Wales - Teil 1: Einleitung. Anwaltsblatt 309.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1993). Anwaltliches Berufsrecht in England und Wales - Teil 2: Barristers. Anwaltsblatt 361.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1993). Anwaltliches Berufsrecht in England und Wales - Teil 3: Solicitors und Foreign Lawyers. Anwaltsblatt 594.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1993). Case Comment on BGH, Neue Zeitschrift für Strafrecht 1993, 237. Neue Zeitschrift für Strafrecht 439.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1993). Listing for Criminal Trials - A German Example. Criminal Practitioners Newsletter
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1992). 'By a Jury of his Peers' - Multi-Racial Juries in a Poly-Ethnic Society. Liverpool Law Review 67.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1992). 'United We Stand.' - The Judiciary in East Germany after the Unification. Anglo-American Law Review 415.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1992). Case Comment on BGH, Neue Zeitschrift für Strafrecht 1992, 294. Neue Zeitschrift für Strafrecht 504.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1992). Criminal Justice in East Germany after the Reunification. Svensk Juristtidning 646.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1992). Die Gegenüberstellung im Ermittlungsverfahren - Ansätze zu einer Reform nach europäischen Vorbildern. Strafverteidiger 1992.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1992). Entlastung der Strafrechtspflege - Ersetzung des § 244 II StPO durch § 288 I ZPO? Neue Zeitschrift für Strafrecht 578.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1992). Legal Advice in Criminal Proceedings in the Federal Republic of Germany. Criminal Law Forum 401.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1992). Public Peace Rational Discourse and the Law of Blasphemy. Anglo-American Law Review 162.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1992). Vorschläge zur Reform einer verfassungswidrigen Kostenerstattungsregelung im Ermittlungsverfahren. Anwaltsblatt 161.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1992). Zur Beteiligung des Tierhalters an Strafverfahren nach dem Tierschutzgesetz. Monatsschrift für Deutsches Recht 736.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1991). Der praktische Fall: Säuberungsaktion in der Justiz. Juristische Schulung 1031.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1991). Electronic Monitoring - Elektronische Überwachung von Straftätern als Alternative zu Untersuchungshaft und Strafvollzug. Zeitschrift für Strafvollstreckung und Strafvollzug 293.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1991). Hexenjagd - oder: Rechtsbeugung durch Verletzung überpositiven Rechts? Deutsche Richterzeitung 445.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1991). Konkursstrafrecht in Spanien und Portugal - Ein Überblick. wistra 333.
  • Bohlander, Michael. (1991). Private Hilfspolizisten - Anzeige durch Privatpersonen und Ermittlungspflicht der Verwaltungsbehörde im Ordnungswidrigkeitenverfahren. Deutsches Autorecht 291.

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