Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired)
@dnetolitzky.bsky.social
An Arcanaloth masquerading as a Microbiologist masquerading as a Lawyer. For now.
Pseudolaw scholarship is expanding at an amazing pace. Here is the first article (that I know of) documenting the Polish variations. Patryk Król uses parallels in language, concepts & objectives to identify Polish pseudolaw groups. That's the Strawman.
www.abw.gov.pl/ftp/foto/Wyd...
Recommended!
www.abw.gov.pl/ftp/foto/Wyd...
Recommended!
January 19, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Pseudolaw scholarship is expanding at an amazing pace. Here is the first article (that I know of) documenting the Polish variations. Patryk Król uses parallels in language, concepts & objectives to identify Polish pseudolaw groups. That's the Strawman.
www.abw.gov.pl/ftp/foto/Wyd...
Recommended!
www.abw.gov.pl/ftp/foto/Wyd...
Recommended!
Not often that a Canadian judge gets "de-gowned". The Ontario Judicial Counsel has concluded (balance of probabilities) that Ontario Justice Paul Currie committed sexual and physical assault, and inflicted bodily injury.
The summary of decision is here:
www.ontariocourts.ca/ocj/conduct/...
The summary of decision is here:
www.ontariocourts.ca/ocj/conduct/...
January 16, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Not often that a Canadian judge gets "de-gowned". The Ontario Judicial Counsel has concluded (balance of probabilities) that Ontario Justice Paul Currie committed sexual and physical assault, and inflicted bodily injury.
The summary of decision is here:
www.ontariocourts.ca/ocj/conduct/...
The summary of decision is here:
www.ontariocourts.ca/ocj/conduct/...
I have a legitimate basis to cite the Hanna Barbera Scooby Doo cartoon in a legal academic publication.
I'm not kidding. At all.
This means either my research has careened way off course, or I am following the one true Golden Path.
*fiendish giggling*
I'm not kidding. At all.
This means either my research has careened way off course, or I am following the one true Golden Path.
*fiendish giggling*
January 16, 2026 at 6:45 AM
I have a legitimate basis to cite the Hanna Barbera Scooby Doo cartoon in a legal academic publication.
I'm not kidding. At all.
This means either my research has careened way off course, or I am following the one true Golden Path.
*fiendish giggling*
I'm not kidding. At all.
This means either my research has careened way off course, or I am following the one true Golden Path.
*fiendish giggling*
Was mentioned in Tim Cestnick's Globe and Mail tax advice column as documenting very bad ideas for tax evasion (www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...)
The article he cited is "Organized Pseudolegal Commercial Arguments ["OPCA"] as Magic and Ceremony". I conclude some pseudolaw is irrational. Duh.
The article he cited is "Organized Pseudolegal Commercial Arguments ["OPCA"] as Magic and Ceremony". I conclude some pseudolaw is irrational. Duh.
Disguising and dodging: The two most misunderstood tax strategies
These dubious-sounding but above-board strategies can minimize or sometimes eliminate taxes
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Was mentioned in Tim Cestnick's Globe and Mail tax advice column as documenting very bad ideas for tax evasion (www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...)
The article he cited is "Organized Pseudolegal Commercial Arguments ["OPCA"] as Magic and Ceremony". I conclude some pseudolaw is irrational. Duh.
The article he cited is "Organized Pseudolegal Commercial Arguments ["OPCA"] as Magic and Ceremony". I conclude some pseudolaw is irrational. Duh.
Honestly, I enjoy when judges move into cold clinical rage mode. Judge Stephanie Wanke of the Alberta Court of King's Bench issued a short piece sharply criticizing a failure to follow basic service rules in a foreclosure.
I've attached the whole thing. It's worth reading.
I've attached the whole thing. It's worth reading.
January 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Honestly, I enjoy when judges move into cold clinical rage mode. Judge Stephanie Wanke of the Alberta Court of King's Bench issued a short piece sharply criticizing a failure to follow basic service rules in a foreclosure.
I've attached the whole thing. It's worth reading.
I've attached the whole thing. It's worth reading.
Hey, is your faith in the ultimate goodness of humanity in need of a kick in the crotch? Check out this lovely decision: canlii.ca/t/khc20
In short, parents buy home for son. Son refuses to pay anything and destroys home. Son gets evicted.
Son and spouse sue for $792,355.11. Nice!
In short, parents buy home for son. Son refuses to pay anything and destroys home. Son gets evicted.
Son and spouse sue for $792,355.11. Nice!
canlii.ca
January 12, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Hey, is your faith in the ultimate goodness of humanity in need of a kick in the crotch? Check out this lovely decision: canlii.ca/t/khc20
In short, parents buy home for son. Son refuses to pay anything and destroys home. Son gets evicted.
Son and spouse sue for $792,355.11. Nice!
In short, parents buy home for son. Son refuses to pay anything and destroys home. Son gets evicted.
Son and spouse sue for $792,355.11. Nice!
Interesting but sad report on the killing of a 22-year-old mother of two by a 70-year-old self-identified Freeman-on-the-Land.
Pseudolaw was not an element in the manslaughter proceeding. The killer Losch was represented by a lawyer.
Detailed discussion here:
www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde...
Pseudolaw was not an element in the manslaughter proceeding. The killer Losch was represented by a lawyer.
Detailed discussion here:
www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde...
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January 11, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Interesting but sad report on the killing of a 22-year-old mother of two by a 70-year-old self-identified Freeman-on-the-Land.
Pseudolaw was not an element in the manslaughter proceeding. The killer Losch was represented by a lawyer.
Detailed discussion here:
www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde...
Pseudolaw was not an element in the manslaughter proceeding. The killer Losch was represented by a lawyer.
Detailed discussion here:
www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde...
CanLII tracks monthly the most accessed court judgments. For December that is:
a lawyer using ChatGPT
a separating couple disputing custody of 4 cats
a man who appeared in court with a python, his service animal
Enjoy.
www.slaw.ca/2026/01/07/wednesday-whats-hot-on-canlii-december-2025/
a lawyer using ChatGPT
a separating couple disputing custody of 4 cats
a man who appeared in court with a python, his service animal
Enjoy.
www.slaw.ca/2026/01/07/wednesday-whats-hot-on-canlii-december-2025/
Wednesday: What’s Hot on CanLII? – December 2025 - Slaw
Each month, we tell you which three English-language cases and French-language cases have been the most viewed* on CanLII in the previous month and we give you a small sense of what the cases are abou...
www.slaw.ca
January 11, 2026 at 3:03 PM
CanLII tracks monthly the most accessed court judgments. For December that is:
a lawyer using ChatGPT
a separating couple disputing custody of 4 cats
a man who appeared in court with a python, his service animal
Enjoy.
www.slaw.ca/2026/01/07/wednesday-whats-hot-on-canlii-december-2025/
a lawyer using ChatGPT
a separating couple disputing custody of 4 cats
a man who appeared in court with a python, his service animal
Enjoy.
www.slaw.ca/2026/01/07/wednesday-whats-hot-on-canlii-december-2025/
Investigation and analysis of pseudolaw is truly an expanding field. Now an academic in Hungary - Nóra Falyuna - is looking at the subject!
folyoirat.ludovika.hu/index.php/filologia/article/view/8132
inmediasresfolyoirat.hu/imr/article/view/294/567
folyoirat.ludovika.hu/index.php/filologia/article/view/8132
inmediasresfolyoirat.hu/imr/article/view/294/567
January 6, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Investigation and analysis of pseudolaw is truly an expanding field. Now an academic in Hungary - Nóra Falyuna - is looking at the subject!
folyoirat.ludovika.hu/index.php/filologia/article/view/8132
inmediasresfolyoirat.hu/imr/article/view/294/567
folyoirat.ludovika.hu/index.php/filologia/article/view/8132
inmediasresfolyoirat.hu/imr/article/view/294/567
Been contemplating how to use large language model "AIs" to further pseudolaw and other abusive litigation schemes:
www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde...
Gee I hope there are easier solutions for this kind of manipulation and misdirection. Probably not, though.
www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde...
Gee I hope there are easier solutions for this kind of manipulation and misdirection. Probably not, though.
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December 31, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Been contemplating how to use large language model "AIs" to further pseudolaw and other abusive litigation schemes:
www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde...
Gee I hope there are easier solutions for this kind of manipulation and misdirection. Probably not, though.
www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde...
Gee I hope there are easier solutions for this kind of manipulation and misdirection. Probably not, though.
Hey! You underemployed bums! Getcher ass to Australia and join the Common Law Sheriffs! You'll get a cool purple shirt!
commonlawsheriffs.au/become-a-com...
Policy Enforcement Officers are NOT welcome!
commonlawsheriffs.au/become-a-com...
Policy Enforcement Officers are NOT welcome!
December 27, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Hey! You underemployed bums! Getcher ass to Australia and join the Common Law Sheriffs! You'll get a cool purple shirt!
commonlawsheriffs.au/become-a-com...
Policy Enforcement Officers are NOT welcome!
commonlawsheriffs.au/become-a-com...
Policy Enforcement Officers are NOT welcome!
The Australian Law Journal in September published an issue entirely focused on pseudolaw. There's good stuff here - but warning, everything is paywalled at the moment.
If you have academic/professional access, I recommend taking a look.
Here's a link: search.informit.org/toc/auslawjo...
If you have academic/professional access, I recommend taking a look.
Here's a link: search.informit.org/toc/auslawjo...
December 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The Australian Law Journal in September published an issue entirely focused on pseudolaw. There's good stuff here - but warning, everything is paywalled at the moment.
If you have academic/professional access, I recommend taking a look.
Here's a link: search.informit.org/toc/auslawjo...
If you have academic/professional access, I recommend taking a look.
Here's a link: search.informit.org/toc/auslawjo...
Sigh. I am attempting to work up another research project. And I want to properly explain why an Ontario lawyer cited the "Eye of Isis Treaty" as a binding Canadian legal authority.
Attached is the most coherent description I've located for the document.
F'ing Enki.
(Not judicial review, tho!)
Attached is the most coherent description I've located for the document.
F'ing Enki.
(Not judicial review, tho!)
December 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Sigh. I am attempting to work up another research project. And I want to properly explain why an Ontario lawyer cited the "Eye of Isis Treaty" as a binding Canadian legal authority.
Attached is the most coherent description I've located for the document.
F'ing Enki.
(Not judicial review, tho!)
Attached is the most coherent description I've located for the document.
F'ing Enki.
(Not judicial review, tho!)
Toronto homeowner attempts to get a free house via pseudolaw goofery. Loses, of course, but the Manulife Bank exhibits the True Christmas Spirit!
Writeup here: www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde...
(Content Warning - Christmas spirit for a bank isn't that spiritish-ey.)
Writeup here: www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde...
(Content Warning - Christmas spirit for a bank isn't that spiritish-ey.)
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December 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Toronto homeowner attempts to get a free house via pseudolaw goofery. Loses, of course, but the Manulife Bank exhibits the True Christmas Spirit!
Writeup here: www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde...
(Content Warning - Christmas spirit for a bank isn't that spiritish-ey.)
Writeup here: www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde...
(Content Warning - Christmas spirit for a bank isn't that spiritish-ey.)
Wonderfully strange cargo cult/Ponzi scheme from the depths of Bougainville, ensnaring Sovereigns and other weirdos worldwide.
www.occrp.org/en/feature/m...
Once again, the temptation for Lawful Money (not that filthy fiat currency) tempts the faithful!
Need to find a way to cite this...
www.occrp.org/en/feature/m...
Once again, the temptation for Lawful Money (not that filthy fiat currency) tempts the faithful!
Need to find a way to cite this...
Meet the South Pacific Ponzi King With a Bogus Bank — and a Global Fan Club
Fugitive Ponzi schemer Noah Musingku reigns over an armed “cargo cult” deep in the interior of one of the world’s most isolated islands. OCCRP went to investigate how he had attracted an international...
www.occrp.org
December 16, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Wonderfully strange cargo cult/Ponzi scheme from the depths of Bougainville, ensnaring Sovereigns and other weirdos worldwide.
www.occrp.org/en/feature/m...
Once again, the temptation for Lawful Money (not that filthy fiat currency) tempts the faithful!
Need to find a way to cite this...
www.occrp.org/en/feature/m...
Once again, the temptation for Lawful Money (not that filthy fiat currency) tempts the faithful!
Need to find a way to cite this...
I know, I know.
I shouldn't react this way.
But when I heard the suspects in the California New Years Eve bomb plot are "The Turtle Island Liberation Front", I just couldn't stop my fiendish cackling.
Wonder if they'll deploy pseudolaw.
I shouldn't react this way.
But when I heard the suspects in the California New Years Eve bomb plot are "The Turtle Island Liberation Front", I just couldn't stop my fiendish cackling.
Wonder if they'll deploy pseudolaw.
December 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I know, I know.
I shouldn't react this way.
But when I heard the suspects in the California New Years Eve bomb plot are "The Turtle Island Liberation Front", I just couldn't stop my fiendish cackling.
Wonder if they'll deploy pseudolaw.
I shouldn't react this way.
But when I heard the suspects in the California New Years Eve bomb plot are "The Turtle Island Liberation Front", I just couldn't stop my fiendish cackling.
Wonder if they'll deploy pseudolaw.
In a "Mr. Big" investigation police go undercover and pretend to operate a criminal organization to elicit confessions from a suspect.
These are always colourful, but I've never seen one where the suspect was a Moorish Law adherent. Whattya do as a cop?
Play along!
R v Brown - canlii.ca/t/j494p
These are always colourful, but I've never seen one where the suspect was a Moorish Law adherent. Whattya do as a cop?
Play along!
R v Brown - canlii.ca/t/j494p
canlii.ca
December 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
In a "Mr. Big" investigation police go undercover and pretend to operate a criminal organization to elicit confessions from a suspect.
These are always colourful, but I've never seen one where the suspect was a Moorish Law adherent. Whattya do as a cop?
Play along!
R v Brown - canlii.ca/t/j494p
These are always colourful, but I've never seen one where the suspect was a Moorish Law adherent. Whattya do as a cop?
Play along!
R v Brown - canlii.ca/t/j494p
So somebody thought it would be a great idea to celebrate the Supreme Court of Canada with an Unreal Engine 3D mopping "adventure" set in the Supreme Court of Canada building.
No. I'm not joking.
My response? Dual wield needlers, Lets F'ing GO!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eD1...
No. I'm not joking.
My response? Dual wield needlers, Lets F'ing GO!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eD1...
Supreme Court Experience
YouTube video by Jurivision
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December 13, 2025 at 5:32 AM
So somebody thought it would be a great idea to celebrate the Supreme Court of Canada with an Unreal Engine 3D mopping "adventure" set in the Supreme Court of Canada building.
No. I'm not joking.
My response? Dual wield needlers, Lets F'ing GO!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eD1...
No. I'm not joking.
My response? Dual wield needlers, Lets F'ing GO!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eD1...
This one made me laugh out loud.
Appeal to the SCC rejected. Appeal grounds appear to be that that the ABCA judge was biased because of favouritism to the ABKB judge.
Judges are buds to judges. So no appellant can ever get a fair hearing due to judicial bias.
SCC: Nope. (Surprised?)
Appeal to the SCC rejected. Appeal grounds appear to be that that the ABCA judge was biased because of favouritism to the ABKB judge.
Judges are buds to judges. So no appellant can ever get a fair hearing due to judicial bias.
SCC: Nope. (Surprised?)
December 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This one made me laugh out loud.
Appeal to the SCC rejected. Appeal grounds appear to be that that the ABCA judge was biased because of favouritism to the ABKB judge.
Judges are buds to judges. So no appellant can ever get a fair hearing due to judicial bias.
SCC: Nope. (Surprised?)
Appeal to the SCC rejected. Appeal grounds appear to be that that the ABCA judge was biased because of favouritism to the ABKB judge.
Judges are buds to judges. So no appellant can ever get a fair hearing due to judicial bias.
SCC: Nope. (Surprised?)
Brief piece by Prof. Joe McIntyre on the growing impact of pseudolaw on courts & staff & how pseudolaw represents a shift in social participation in Australian courts:
bulletin.lawsocietysa.asn.au/Bulletin/Bul...
Maybe he's optimistic on his last hopeful observations?
Personally, I avoid courts.
bulletin.lawsocietysa.asn.au/Bulletin/Bul...
Maybe he's optimistic on his last hopeful observations?
Personally, I avoid courts.
Pseudolaw as a Gateway Drug: Violence, Intimidation and Access to Justice
Dr Joe McIntyre takes a deep dive into the murky world of pseudolaw. While pseudolaw’s increased popularity is deeply concerning, it also invites us to reflect on the relationship between the legal sy...
bulletin.lawsocietysa.asn.au
December 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Brief piece by Prof. Joe McIntyre on the growing impact of pseudolaw on courts & staff & how pseudolaw represents a shift in social participation in Australian courts:
bulletin.lawsocietysa.asn.au/Bulletin/Bul...
Maybe he's optimistic on his last hopeful observations?
Personally, I avoid courts.
bulletin.lawsocietysa.asn.au/Bulletin/Bul...
Maybe he's optimistic on his last hopeful observations?
Personally, I avoid courts.
Here's an interesting judgment. Combines COVID period antics, the dismal consequences of those, lawyer screwups, and stern judicial warnings, all round: Royal Bank of Canada v Skelly, 2025 ONSC 6622.
Detailed commentary here:
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December 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Here's an interesting judgment. Combines COVID period antics, the dismal consequences of those, lawyer screwups, and stern judicial warnings, all round: Royal Bank of Canada v Skelly, 2025 ONSC 6622.
Detailed commentary here:
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Detailed commentary here:
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Full judgment is here:
Community Trust Company v Peart-Williams, 2025 ONSC 6753 (canlii.ca/t/kgt7c)
I'm not going to attempt to digest this. Just enjoy all the chewy, bloody goodness. Kudos to Justice Dennison for a clinical, merciless, methodical dissection.
Community Trust Company v Peart-Williams, 2025 ONSC 6753 (canlii.ca/t/kgt7c)
I'm not going to attempt to digest this. Just enjoy all the chewy, bloody goodness. Kudos to Justice Dennison for a clinical, merciless, methodical dissection.
December 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Full judgment is here:
Community Trust Company v Peart-Williams, 2025 ONSC 6753 (canlii.ca/t/kgt7c)
I'm not going to attempt to digest this. Just enjoy all the chewy, bloody goodness. Kudos to Justice Dennison for a clinical, merciless, methodical dissection.
Community Trust Company v Peart-Williams, 2025 ONSC 6753 (canlii.ca/t/kgt7c)
I'm not going to attempt to digest this. Just enjoy all the chewy, bloody goodness. Kudos to Justice Dennison for a clinical, merciless, methodical dissection.
Did a CanLII search for "law of ma'at" and got ten hits.
And only one is me.
We live in profoundly stupid times.
And only one is me.
We live in profoundly stupid times.
December 2, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Did a CanLII search for "law of ma'at" and got ten hits.
And only one is me.
We live in profoundly stupid times.
And only one is me.
We live in profoundly stupid times.
Abusive liens are a notorious form of "paper terrorism", especially in the US.
This author has done a nice job surveying the issue and legislative responses:
mckinneylaw.iu.edu/practice/law...
Worth a read if you're interested in how pseudolaw types hotwire processes to their advantage.
This author has done a nice job surveying the issue and legislative responses:
mckinneylaw.iu.edu/practice/law...
Worth a read if you're interested in how pseudolaw types hotwire processes to their advantage.
mckinneylaw.iu.edu
November 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Abusive liens are a notorious form of "paper terrorism", especially in the US.
This author has done a nice job surveying the issue and legislative responses:
mckinneylaw.iu.edu/practice/law...
Worth a read if you're interested in how pseudolaw types hotwire processes to their advantage.
This author has done a nice job surveying the issue and legislative responses:
mckinneylaw.iu.edu/practice/law...
Worth a read if you're interested in how pseudolaw types hotwire processes to their advantage.
Sometimes I mourn the passing of technologies.
One example is the great dirigibles of the early 20th century.
I crave being suddenly cast in shadow. A wall of silver flows above and over me. Deep sound washes and strokes like a heavy surf.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5QT...
I need to submerge.
One example is the great dirigibles of the early 20th century.
I crave being suddenly cast in shadow. A wall of silver flows above and over me. Deep sound washes and strokes like a heavy surf.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5QT...
I need to submerge.
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Sometimes I mourn the passing of technologies.
One example is the great dirigibles of the early 20th century.
I crave being suddenly cast in shadow. A wall of silver flows above and over me. Deep sound washes and strokes like a heavy surf.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5QT...
I need to submerge.
One example is the great dirigibles of the early 20th century.
I crave being suddenly cast in shadow. A wall of silver flows above and over me. Deep sound washes and strokes like a heavy surf.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5QT...
I need to submerge.