Corte Nacional de Justicia

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Corte Nacional de Justicia is Ecuador’s highest ordinary court, responsible for overseeing the administration of justice and serving as the country’s supreme judicial authority in civil, criminal, and other non-constitutional matters.

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Corte Nacional de Justicia canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court of last resort
highest court
national supreme court
appointingAuthority Consejo de la Judicatura
branchOf Judicial branch of Ecuador
buildingLocation Quito judicial complex
capitalOfJurisdiction Quito
composition judges called nacionales
country Ecuador
dateFormed 2008
decides cassation appeals
extraordinary appeals in ordinary matters
establishedBy Constitución de la República del Ecuador de 2008
function ensure uniform interpretation of ordinary laws
unify national jurisprudence
hasJurisdictionOver administrative matters
civil matters
criminal matters
labor matters
ordinary non-constitutional matters
tax matters
hasLeader President of the Corte Nacional de Justicia
hasWebsite https://www.cortenacional.gob.ec/
hearsCasesFrom provincial courts of justice
jurisdiction Ecuador
leaderTitle Presidente de la Corte Nacional de Justicia
legalBasis Código Orgánico de la Función Judicial
legalSystem civil law system
locatedIn Ecuador
Pichincha Province
Quito
nativeName Corte Nacional de Justicia
notCompetentFor abstract constitutional control
constitutional review
officialLanguage Spanish
oversees administration of justice in Ecuador
partOf Estado ecuatoriano
regionServed national
replaces Corte Suprema de Justicia del Ecuador
role supreme judicial authority in ordinary matters
supervises lower ordinary courts of Ecuador
termLengthOfJudges 9 years
typeOfCourt court of cassation
supreme ordinary court

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National Court of Justice of Ecuador nativeName Corte Nacional de Justicia
Corte Nacional de Justicia nativeName Corte Nacional de Justicia
CNJ fullName Corte Nacional de Justicia
CNJ abbreviationFor Corte Nacional de Justicia