Forensic legibility concerns whether institutional authority survives evaluation when the systems designed to protect it cannot.
The Forensic Legibility Examiner analyzes authority restoration failures observed across four custodial domains: evidence handling, secure documentation, access control, and high-value asset transfer.
Cases are drawn from legal proceedings, regulatory actions, contested transfers, and institutional review events—each isolating the failure environment, identifying structural collapse or persistence, and extracting operational implications for custodial authorities.
Custodial Authority Failure Framework
Authority Survivorship Under Degraded Conditions
Authority Substrate
Identifies the authority structure relied upon and the registry or issuer that carries it. When authority fails, this layer determines whether the failure occurred at the registry level, the issuer level, or in the relationship between them.
Legal Ownership
Determines responsibility allocation when authority restoration fails. This identifies which party must sign, indemnify, or certify when normal verification pathways fail and institutional declaration becomes necessary.
Operational Drag Path
Maps operational degradation pathways when authority becomes contested. This reveals the cost of authority failure in terms of workflow interruption, resource allocation, and decision-making capacity.
Non-Outsourceable Risk
Identifies legitimacy risks that cannot be transferred to third parties. This determines who ultimately defends the legitimacy of the system when authority restoration depends on institutional credibility rather than procedural verification.
Distribution is limited to offices with custodial authority responsibilities and evaluative jurisdiction. Inquiries: [email protected]