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Published: 13 April 2026
10.1108/978-1-80686-881-020261010
EISBN: 978-1-80686-881-0
ISBN: 978-1-80686-882-7
...Appendix: Countries with Sovereign Citizen Activity Location Name of Person/People/Cases or Group, If Known Recent Activity/Comment/Current Status 1. Australia Sovereign citizen/pseudolaw adherents; Notable groups: Terra Australis States Assembly (TASA); My Place Growing significantly...
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Published: 13 April 2026
10.1108/978-1-80686-881-020261003
EISBN: 978-1-80686-881-0
ISBN: 978-1-80686-882-7
...Sovereign citizen ideology is gaining traction both in the United States and more so internationally. As more people are adopting sovereign citizen rhetoric and tactics, some may be compelled to act out with violence, an area that has heretofore not been examined. For instance, the Trains...
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Published: 25 May 2026
EISBN: 978-1-80686-881-0
ISBN: 978-1-80686-882-7
...-gives-window-into-sovereign-citizen-movement/ Gritėnas , P. ( 2023 , September 8 ). Gyvi žmonės, savais vardais [Living people, in their own names] . LRT.lt . https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/nuomones/3/2071819...
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Published: 25 May 2026
EISBN: 978-1-80686-881-0
ISBN: 978-1-80686-882-7
... Bundy and People’s Rights . https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/ammon-bundy-and-peoples-rights Anti-Defamation League . ( 2023b ). The sovereign citizen movement in the United States . https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/sovereign-citizen-movement-united-states...
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Published: 25 May 2026
EISBN: 978-1-80686-881-0
ISBN: 978-1-80686-882-7
...., No. 1:22-cv-00222 (E.D. Cal. March 18, 2022 ). https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/6566bee56a2cb672cb2181f4 Challacombe , D. J. , & Lucas , P. A. ( 2019 ). Postdicting violence with sovereign citizen actors: An exploratory test of the TRAP-18 . Journal of Threat Assessment...
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Published: 13 April 2026
10.1108/978-1-80686-881-020261001
EISBN: 978-1-80686-881-0
ISBN: 978-1-80686-882-7
... two insurrectionists were sovereign citizens. At that time, there was limited information regarding cases. Since then, I have spent the last several years directly accessing the court records of trials involving the people involved in the Capitol events to determine if there were any additional cases...
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Published: 13 April 2026
10.1108/978-1-80686-881-020261008
EISBN: 978-1-80686-881-0
ISBN: 978-1-80686-882-7
... for deterring the sovereign citizen movement are informed by deterrence theory. Consider new laws to deter unwanted sovereign citizen behavior. Studies indicate that when new laws prohibit certain actions, many people will follow them ( Johnson, 2019 ). One recent example is a new bill being proposed in Ohio...
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Published: 13 April 2026
10.1108/978-1-80686-881-020261002
EISBN: 978-1-80686-881-0
ISBN: 978-1-80686-882-7
... Wildlife Refuge ( Young et al., 2025 ). The Patriot Movement Both the redemption and strawman theories are foundational to sovereign citizen ideology. Elvick’s ideas continue to inspire countless people to attempt to evade their legal and financial obligations and to search for their proverbial pot...
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Published: 13 April 2026
10.1108/978-1-80686-881-020261004
EISBN: 978-1-80686-881-0
ISBN: 978-1-80686-882-7
... , pp. 6, 7). The court noted that those convictions, while only held by a minority of people, were common among sovereign citizens. Other mental health professionals saw his odd thinking patterns as evidence of major mental illness. Dr. Agharkar, for instance, observed that Steven believes the prison...
Book Chapter
Published: 13 April 2026
10.1108/978-1-80686-881-020261005
EISBN: 978-1-80686-881-0
ISBN: 978-1-80686-882-7
... to refrain from sexually harming children ( United States v. Preacher, 2015 ). The People’s Bureau of Investigation (PBI) The PBI is a recent development in the sovereign citizen movement. This group claimed to be running an “Environmental Court” made up of a “25-member Independent Grand Jury...
Book Chapter
Published: 13 April 2026
10.1108/978-1-80686-881-020261006
EISBN: 978-1-80686-881-0
ISBN: 978-1-80686-882-7
...-Defamation League . ( 2023a ). Ammon Bundy and People’s Rights . https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/ammon-bundy-and-peoples-rights Anti-Defamation League . ( 2023b ). The sovereign citizen movement in the United States . https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder...
Book Chapter
Published: 13 April 2026
10.1108/978-1-80686-881-020261007
EISBN: 978-1-80686-881-0
ISBN: 978-1-80686-882-7
...This chapter synthesizes the three main themes identified from Chapter 5 regarding January 6, 2021, events identified as demonstrating connections to the sovereign citizen movement. Main themes are identified and discussed. Also included is an analysis of methodological limitations to inform...
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Published: 20 April 2026
10.1108/978-1-83742-145-920261003
EISBN: 978-1-83742-145-9
ISBN: 978-1-83742-146-6
... contemporary advice and empathy through recent experience. Young Swindon and Wiltshire introduced a peer mentoring programme funded by the Wellbeing Champions programme from the Sovereign Network Group, a housing association, and the National Lottery. The programme recruited volunteers from Year 9 going...
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Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society
Published online: 22 April 2026
Published in print: 13 May 2026
10.1108/978-1-80686-445-4
EISBN: 978-1-80686-445-4
ISBN: 978-1-80686-446-1
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Serial: SocietyNow
Published: 22 April 2026
10.1108/978-1-80592-861-420261005
EISBN: 978-1-80592-861-4
ISBN: 978-1-80592-864-5
... collapsed. Its place has been taken by an asymmetric confrontation between, on the one hand, forces attempting to various degrees to repackage the superseded British warfare state of the 20th century and its traditional cultural norms into a new type of authoritarian sovereign nationalism and, on the other...
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Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society
Published: 22 April 2026
10.1108/S1059-433720260000091002
EISBN: 978-1-80686-445-4
ISBN: 978-1-80686-446-1
... with their feet by locating in states with preferred policies. The pluralism inherent in federalism makes our democratic system messier, of course, as states fight with each other and with the federal government for sovereign power. Yet, this messiness can be a virtue as well. Indeed, while this jurisdictional...
Book Chapter
Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society
Published: 22 April 2026
10.1108/S1059-433720260000091001
EISBN: 978-1-80686-445-4
ISBN: 978-1-80686-446-1
... the sovereign. Morris relished the task of crafting an introduction to the Constitution that would endure through time. His first order of business was to shift the locus of power from the individual states to the whole, undifferentiated “People.” It was a mighty lift. 23 The importance of Morris...
Book Chapter
Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society
Published: 22 April 2026
10.1108/S1059-433720260000091008
EISBN: 978-1-80686-445-4
ISBN: 978-1-80686-446-1
... have come from civil conflicts in the Middle East, Latin America, and other places easily demonized by right-wing nationalists in wealthy countries, the latter have used their sovereign jurisdiction over asylum adjudication in a race to the bottom. Refugee treaty signatories outdo one another to impede...

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