Judiciary post SHTF

[MaryN]

So, I was reading an article about yet another foreign criminal who had won the right to stay in this country due to some plea or other (probably owning a pet snail that couldn't travel), and I began to wonder what would happen to the Judiciary post SHTF. Repressing the urge to chuck something at my laptop screen, after reading about yet another Judge with a tendancy to avoid difficult sentencing (I'm sure some of those Judges have propensities for the activities they end up dealing with on the Bench), I wondered how this could all change post-SHTF. Would it be a chance to rip the current system up and start again from basics. Perhaps going back to the feudal-type hearings of "days of yore" when the Lord of the area heard the cases and meted out the judgements, or perhaps going even further back to the biblical "eye for an eye" stuff. Would any of you go along with the current situation with regard to local Courts and larger Crown Courts in the bigger towns and cities?

When I say Judiciary, I don't mean Police Force, I mean Courts and Judges. I am sure we have all growled at some of the unfair and unbelievable cases reported in the daily press, but would you care about dealing with troublemakers, and how would you set it up? After the initial confusion some form of force for law would need to be set up, and would your remit include dealing with troublemakers? Would you be more lenient if you understood the reasons behind, say, thefts? Would you be tough on people committing crimes of violence, or prefer to stay under the radar? Would illegal immigrants matter any more (if any survived), and would you feel more territorial about your own country?

Please don't come back with quotes from George Washington, or somesuch, I'm interested in your opinions.