Pseudolaw and Sovereign Citizens

Harry Hobbs is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law and Justice, University of New South Wales, Australia.Stephen Young is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Otago, New Zealand.Joe McIntyre is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Justice and Society, University of South Australia.

Conspiracy theories, ridiculous claims and falsehoods now sadly bedevil the law around the globe. These need to be tackled and understood, and this is just the book to do it.

• Foreword, Mark Pitcavage (Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism, USA)1. Understanding Pseudolaw, Harry Hobbs (University of Technology Sydney, Australia), Stephen Young (University of Otago, New Zealand) and Joe McIntyre (University of South Australia)Part I: Theorising Pseudolaw2. Pseudolaw, Folk Law and Natural Law: How to Tell the Difference, Jonathan Crowe (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)3. Pseudolaw and Legal Fictions: Vaccine Mandate Claims During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Future Implications, Maria O’Sullivan (Deakin Law School, Australia)4. Pseudolaw as Utopia and Legal Smorgasbord, Bruce Baer Arnold (University of Canberra, Australia)5. Failure to Perform: How can Theatre and Performance Studies Help us Understand Conspiracy Theories? Kate Leader (Queen Mary, University of London, UK)Part II: The Operation and Practice of Pseudolaw around the Globe6. The Rise of Sovereign Citizen Pseudolaw in the United States of America, Stephen Young, Harry Hobbs (University of Technology Sydney, Australia) and Rachel Goldwasser (Southern Poverty Law Center, USA)7. The Sun Only Shines on YouTube: The Marginal Presence of Pseudolaw in Canada, Donald J Netolitzky (Alberta Court of King’s Bench, Canada)8. A Kind of Magic: Pseudolaw in Australia, Glen Cash (District Court of Queensland, Australia)9. Asserting Sovereignty: An Empirical Analysis of Sovereign Citizen Litigation in Australian Courts, Marilyn McMahon (Deakin Law School, Australia)10. ‘Germanite is a Rare Mineral’: Sovereignism in Germany, Anna Löbbert (University of Oxford, UK)Part III: Emerging Areas and Issues Involving Pseudolaw11. American State Nationals: The Next Iteration of the Sovereign Citizen Movement, Christine M Sarteschi (Chatham University, USA)12. Traffic Matters and Pseudolaw: Th e Big Shakedown, David Heilpern (Southern Cross University, Australia)13. The ‘First Nation Medical Board’: A Case Study of Pseudolegal Parasitisation of Legitimate Indigenous Sovereignty, Colin McRoberts (University of Kansas, USA)14. Pseudolaw Advocates: Managing Advocates who Advance Pseudolaw Arguments, Bridgette Toy-Cronin (University of Otago, New Zealand)15. The Paradox of Pseudolaw and Sovereign Citizen Ideology: Vulnerability, Malevolence and Disengagement, Josh Roose (Deakin University, Australia)16. Responding to Pseudolaw, Harry Hobbs (University of Technology Sydney, Australia), Stephen Young (University of Otago, New Zealand) and Joe McIntyre (University of South Australia)