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The article discusses the issues of micro-corruption in and around the Palace of Justice in Lima, Peru, which functions as the center of justice administration for the country. The article aims to utilize an exterior perspective to analyze both the formal bureaucracy and informal offices in and around the Peruvian justice system in order to understand the entry of corruption into the system. Points of corruption include falsification of documents, unsanctioned knowledge of the inner workings of the system, and forged contacts with legal assistants and secretaries. The detailed networks of corruption are highlighted as the author notes the extensive involvement of various actors within the corrupted system, including claims administrators, lawyers and government officials.