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

Abstract

Abstract: This research project focuses on the "reasoning in judgments issued by trial-level judges in Ecuador." It examines the jurisprudence established by the Constitutional Court of Ecuador in Judgment No. 1158-17-EP/21, which analyzes the scope of the guarantee of judicial reasoning specifically the requirement that every judgment must be grounded in a sufficient legal and factual basis. Stemming from this central theme is an analysis of Judgment No. 11333-2021-XXXXX, issued by the Civil Judicial Unit based in the Loja Canton (Loja Province, City of Loja). That case involved an executive action to collect on an order promissory note, filed by the manager and legal representative of the *Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito Padre Julián Lorente LTDA.* against two individuals: one as the principal debtor and the other as a joint and several guarantor. The judge admitted the claim and ordered the defendants to immediately pay the *Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito Padre Julián Lorente LTDA.* the sum of ten thousand dollars, plus the interest stipulated in the promissory note.