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This episode explores the beliefs and history of the sovereign citizen movement and its rejection by Australian courts.

The sovereign citizen movement has gained increasing attention in recent years, but what do its followers actually believe? In this Trial by Podcast, law grads Julia and Fin look at the history of sovereign citizens and their pseudo-legal arguments, and why Australian courts continue to reject them.

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