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How should Australia handle ‘sovereign citizens’ clogging the courts? A former magistrate explains

  • Written by David Heilpern, Associate Professor and Chair of Discipline (Law), Southern Cross University

Imagine sitting in a crowded local court in Australia, and this happens (names have been changed):

Court officer: I call the matter of James Burnett

JB: I am the personage known by that name but do not identify for the purposes of this court.

Judge: Are you James Burnett?

JB: I am known by that name but do not identify. I challenge the jurisdiction...

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