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Henry Kha & Harry Hobbs explore the rise of #pseudolaw in #Australian #familylaw, especially in custody disputes post-COVID-19 & highlights risks to child safety & suggests strategies to address this challenge.

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This Pynchon-esque underground movement has picked up traction due to the Internet, spreading throughout the English-speaking world and even to Russia, where #SovCit is interpreted as "Soviet Citizen", nostalgic for the USSR
Legal scholars are now writing books about the phenomenon of #PseudoLaw

Know Your Pseudolaw Adherent: Introduction to the Symposium <div> Media attention, scholarship and case law on pseudolaw has grown <span>significantly over the last 5 years. However, the scale of the issue remains&

Hobbs, Harry and Young, Stephen and McIntyre, Joe, Know Your #Pseudolaw Adherent: Introduction to the Symposium (November 20, 2025). UNSW Law Research No. 24-35, @ssrn.bsky.social ssrn.com/abstract=581... or dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Two high-end properties in Hamilton’s River Rd could be sold or leased to collect unpaid rates. #sovereigns #pseudolaw
One home poised for lease or sale by the council is valued between $1.4 million and $1.6m with the second between $1.2m and $1.3m

www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/3607...

The Sovereign Files — Unmasking Extremism This archive is a living project and is continually being edited and updated. Care is taken to mitigate amplification but retain documentary records.

🧵NZ Sov case files are slowly growing. I have done a lot of Phd work over recent years gathering NZ's sov resources, websites, creating linkage maps, & profiling pre covid / post covid sov identities in NZ - now #pseudolaw fluent 😬 1/5

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'I do not consent': How pseudolaw supports 'sovcit' ideas "Sovereign citizens" believe Australian laws do not apply to them. That's where pseudolaw comes in.

‘I do not consent’

“ #Sovereign_citizens” believe Australian laws do not apply to them. That’s where #pseudolaw comes in

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Amazing work @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social —insightful interview with #ABC4corners @abcnewsbot.bsky.social #pseudolaw #sovereigncitizens

⚖️ This archive is continually being edited and updated to create a catalog of manifestations. Cases inclusion is being shaped by my PhD research parameters and ethics protocols. #anti-governmentextremism #lorefare #sovereign #pseudolaw The archive will grown after Phd research is complete.

WA's top judge issues warning over rise of 'sovereign citizens' WA's chief justice says everyone should be worried about the rise of 'sovereign citizens' who do not believe in the law, warning of the risks to "the safety and stability" of society.

'Sovereign citizens' threaten safety, stability of society, WA Chief Justice Peter Quinlan says
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08... #4corners #auspol #auslaw #pseudolaw

In this pseudo court, a sovereign citizen group is 'convicting' a former PM Wary of being labelled a cult, this 'sovereign citizen' group has never spoken to mainstream media. It made an exception for Four Corners.

Inside the fringe groups fighting a 'quasi civil war' with self-styled sheriffs and their own court
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08... #4corners #auspol #auslaw #pseudolaw

Pseudolaw and the illusion of legal meaning - Joe McIntyre, 2025 This article is an overview of the contemporary phenomenon of pseudolaw and argues that, at its heart, it involves a mistaking of the form of legal argumentatio...

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The #PseudoLaw phenomenon and why we need to actively resist….

" #Pareidolic Illusions of #Meaning: #ChatGPT, #Pseudolaw and the Triumph of Form over Substance"

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Read an extract from 'Pseudolaw and Sovereign Citizens' edited by Harry Hobbs, Stephen Young and Joe McIntyre bit.ly/42tBhKZ

#SocioLegal #Pseudolaw

#pseudolaw #SovCit The roadcode is just a offer to contract and the Millers didn't consent ...

Gold star story additions below from @richardhulse.bsky.social @dirtbaggins.bsky.social

What's next in the Miller Freeman family story ... ? #anytakers

A caricature of a childs book - a family are packed into a VW and the title says the miller family refuses to wear their seat belts - they are clearly soverign citizens with that attitude

It is pretty clear to me that the Miller Family are 'travelling' and believe they do not have to wear their seat belts ... 😅#sovcits #pseudolaw

Man lost his job due to pseudolegal nonsense over vaccinations. Engaged in sovcit pseudolaw tactics which failed to work ( shock) but now sees the error of his ways ....

'He foolishly got entangled with some sovereign-citizen type people" , and engaged in some "correspondence, which he now regretted" #pseudolaw #sovcit

Tough lesson but hopefully one man retrieved from a path of pseudolegal nonsense.

Late night prying through 2025 NZ court records 🔍👩‍⚖️🍷

Banner showing the cover image of 'Pseudolaw and Sovereign Citizens' and the text: The first edited volume solely dedicated to examining pseudolaw, offering in-depth insights into its global growth and alarming adaptability to local legal contexts.

Now published: 'Pseudolaw and Sovereign Citizens' edited by Harry Hobbs, Stephen Young and Joe McIntyre https://buff.ly/4bkfzvB

#SocioLegal #Pseudolaw

Tbh I tended to dismiss #pseudolaw adherents as crackpots & time wasters...until they found their way into the Australian Senate & started interrogating the BOM & CSIRO & of course, the US government! I still don't have much patience for them but there's a hella lot of them so I'm paying attention.

I will always be fascinated by how so many #pseudolaw practices boil down to treating legal language as if it used magic words. Some people refuse to say that they "understand" legal matters beacuse it linguistically subordinates them to the court; instead they "overstand" or "innerstand" things.

Signs of Legal and Pseudolegal Authority: A Corpus-Based Comparison of Contemporary Courtroom Filings - International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique Legal language exists in a peculiar state of tension. It is theoretically expected to meet the specific technical needs of a range of professions while simultaneously remaining entirely accessible to ...

My article with @danaroemling.bsky.social is now available fully open access! Check it out for our thoughts on the difference between real law and pseudolaw and how to visualize the spatial distribution of features in corpus. #languageandlaw #pseudolaw #openaccess #forensiclinguistics

Protesters claim to ‘seize’ Edinburgh Castle citing Magna Carta Police at scene and public evacuated as about 20 demonstrators enter landmark in bid to ‘take power back’

Perhaps the best known incident occurred in 2021 when a group of anti-lockdown protestors tried to "seize" Edinburgh castle, claiming that the magna carta gave them the authority to do so. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021... #pseudolaw #sovcit

To the Brave Men and Women at DIA - I thank you for your service #pseudolaw #OIAs

"Agents of New Zealand Police" you are in serious trouble it seems #pseudolaw #sovcit

But I am more interested in what Debbie did in a carpark on the 28th Jan 2024 that required the attention of "5 Agents"

Pseudo law conference - Southern Cross University A Southern Cross University expert has exposed websites giving dodgy legal advice, warning people could find themselves going to prison.

““I cannot believe that various federal and state consumer protection agencies have not shut these scam sites down given that they encourage serious criminal offences…’ #sovcit #pseudolaw

NZ take note

www.scu.edu.au/news/2023/ps...

Suspected German anti-government extremist convicted of shooting at police A suspected anti-government extremist has been convicted of attempted murder in Germany for firing at police who had come to search his home for an unauthorized weapon

A suspected anti-government extremist has been convicted of attempted murder in Germany for firing at police who had come for an unauthorized weapon. He also had more than 5,000 rounds of ammunition. # Reichsbürger #pseudolaw #sovcit

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Example of the paper harassment that goes on. #pseudolaw #sovcits

Employer refused to attend ERA hearing unless he was paid in Bitcoin A dentist refused to attend an investigation meeting with the Employment Relations Authority unless he was paid for his time.

Loanides described himself as the “Settlor” and said “as the Settlor is not a volunteer, the Settlor would be delighted to attend the investigation meeting for a fee of 0.5 Bitcoin per hour, paid in advance”
#sovcit #pseudolaw

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