nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/4a9331d3c27bad8d DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260416s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/4a9331d3c27bad8d doi eng 342 23 Zaiden Benvindo, Juliano Author aut When Courts Turn Into Justices - Judicial Governance and Institutional Crisis in Brazil Zaiden Benvindo, Juliano Verfassungsblog 2026-04-16 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. CC BY-SA 4.0 Brasilien Brazil Brazil Courts Brazilian Supreme Court Brazilian elections Democratic Backsliding institutional balance (DE-588)4008003-1 gnd Brasilien Gualano de Godoy, Miguel Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/brazil-stf-crisis/ raw object