Motivación en las sentencias emitidas por los jueces de primer nivel en Ecuador

Abstract

Abstract: Due process encompasses a set of guarantees that promote the fair development of the justice system; among these is the guarantee of reasoned decision-making, which requires administrative and judicial authorities to apply legal principles and maintain a coherent relationship between the factual basis, evidence, and the law applicable to the resolution of each legal dispute. Over the years, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador has conducted exhaustive review of this guarantee, strengthening jurisprudential standards to the point of establishing a guiding principle in Judgment No. 1158-17-EP/21. The general objective of this research is to analyze and evaluate the correct and sufficient reasoning in the judgment issued by a first-level judge. The analytical method is used, which allows the judgment to be broken down into parts to analyze each of its arguments. Among the techniques applied are the sufficiency and proper motivation questionnaire. The most important finding of the study carried out highlights that motivation constitutes the central element of every judicial decision.