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Pseudolaw and Sovereign Citizens

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448 Seiten
2025
Hart Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5099-7891-5 (ISBN)
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Can you avoid any law you do not consent to? Can you avoid paying taxes by declaring yourself sovereign? Do courts operate under admiralty or maritime law? No. But welcome to the strange world of pseudolaw.

This is the first-ever edited volume solely dedicated to examining pseudolaw and its most prominent adherents, sovereign citizens. Drawing on the expertise of judges, criminologists, legal theorists and political sociologists, this collection offers insights into the global growth and alarming adaptability of pseudolaw. While it might be tempting to laugh at the ridiculousness of pseudolaw, it is a serious matter. People who make these claims rob themselves of meaningful legal opportunities and impose great costs to themselves, the administration of justice, and the community. Pseudolaw is also linked to violent extremism and indicative of growing social insecurity.

Part I offers ways to analyse and differentiate pseudolaw from other forms of conspiracy ideation and fringe legal interpretation. Part II examines the rise of sovereign citizens and the global spread of pseudolaw. Part III explores contemporary issues arising from pseudolaw, including the rise of far-right extremism, lay-persons in judicial proceedings, fake claims of indigeneity, and fraudulent ‘get out of jail’ schemes. It concludes by considering how we can respond to this phenomenon.

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.

Foreword, Mark Pitcavage (Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism, USA)
1. Introduction: Understanding Pseudolaw: A Distorting Mirror, Harry Hobbs (University of Technology Sydney, Australia), Stephen Young (University of Otago, New Zealand) and Joe McIntyre (University of South Australia)

Part I: Theorising Pseudolaw
2. 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 History and Spread of Pseudolaw
6. The Rise of Sovereign Citizen Pseudolaw in the United States of America, Stephen Young (University of Otago, New Zealand), 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)

Part III: Contemporary Manifestations of Pseudolaw
10. “Germanite is a rare mineral”: Sovereignism in Germany, Anna Löbbert (University of Oxford, UK)
11. American State Nationals: The Next Iteration of the Sovereign Citizen Movement, Christine M Sarteschi (Chatham University, USA)
12. Traffic Matters and Pseudolaw: The 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)

Erscheint lt. Verlag 20.2.2025
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Recht / Steuern Allgemeines / Lexika
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Strafrecht Strafverfahrensrecht
ISBN-10 1-5099-7891-7 / 1509978917
ISBN-13 978-1-5099-7891-5 / 9781509978915
Zustand Neuware
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