Pseudolaw and Sovereign Citizens

Harry Hobbs is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Stephen Young is Senior Lecturer 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)