Estudio de las sentencias sobre la acción extraordinaria de protección en el Ecuador

Abstract

Abstract: This research work revolves around extraordinary protection action, a constitutional right that allows citizens to file actions when their rights have been violated by administrators of justice. The extraordinary protection action has the purpose of reviewing and revoking the sentences, when the duly affirmed rights were ignored when passing sentence. It was incorporated into the Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador in article 94 and 427, to be later expanded into the Law on Jurisdictional Guarantees and Constitutional Control, as well as in the Rules of Substance of Competition Processes of the Constitutional Court. In the context of the application of the extraordinary protection action, it is necessary to have a deep legal knowledge, in this way erroneous interpretations are avoided, and it is possible to maintain due process as the main input of legal security.