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    Danielle Celermajer, Astrida Neimanis, Susan Reid, David Schlosberg & Anik Waldow

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    Stefanie Fishel

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    Krithika Srinivasan

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Celermajer, D., Chatterjee, S., Cochrane, A. et al. Justice Through a Multispecies Lens. Contemp Polit Theory 19, 475–512 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41296-020-00386-5

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