The Collapse of the Judicial System: From an Instrument of Hierarchy to a Victim of Anarchy

This paper aims to investigate the trajectory of the functional metamorphosis of the judicial system, analyzing its transformation from an arbiter of the law in a rule-of-law state, to an instrument for consolidating an oligarchic hierarchy, and, ultimately, to a victim of anarchic disorder. The primary objective is the development of an integrative theoretical framework, based on classical sociology, to explain the dynamics of judicial collapse as a function of the erosion of social cohesion. A secondary, yet practically essential, objective is the construction and validation of a quantitative instrument - the Judicial Stability Index (JSI) - which enables the operational diagnosis and early warning of this collapse.