http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/4a9331d3c27bad8d https://verfassungsblog.de/brazil-stf-crisis/ When Courts Turn Into Justices - Judicial Governance and Institutional Crisis in Brazil Zaiden Benvindo, Juliano Gualano de Godoy, Miguel eng 2026-04-16 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Brasilien Brazil Brazil Courts Brazilian Supreme Court Brazilian elections Democratic Backsliding institutional balance Brasilien Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The Brazilian Supreme Federal Court is currently facing the most severe crisis of judicial governance in its democratic history: the consolidation of individualized judicial power at the expense of collegiality. The recent Banco Master scandal exposes how conflicts of interest, opaque decision-making, and the concentration of authority in individual justices can erode the institutional foundations of a constitutional court. India experienced a very similar crisis back in 2018. The Indian episode offers a comparative mirror of remarkable clarity for understanding what is now unfolding in Brazil.