CNJ

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CNJ is the abbreviation for Ecuador’s National Court of Justice, the country’s highest judicial body responsible for overseeing and unifying national jurisprudence.

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CNJ canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial body ⓘ
abbreviationFor Corte Nacional de Justicia ⓘ
abbreviationLanguage Spanish ⓘ
appointmentBy Consejo de la Judicatura de Ecuador ⓘ
branchOfGovernment judicial branch of Ecuador ⓘ
city Quito ⓘ
composition judges called national court judges ⓘ
country Ecuador ⓘ
distinctFrom Constitutional Court of Ecuador ⓘ
ensures uniformity of judicial criteria nationwide ⓘ
fullName Corte Nacional de Justicia ⓘ
function ensuring legal certainty through jurisprudence ⓘ
guaranteeing uniform interpretation of national laws ⓘ
supervising performance of lower courts through its decisions ⓘ
governs national jurisprudence in Ecuador ⓘ
hasAuthorityTo issue jurisprudential rulings that guide lower courts ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver administrative cases at the highest level ⓘ
civil cases at the highest level ⓘ
criminal cases at the highest level ⓘ
labor cases at the highest level ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom provincial courts of justice of Ecuador ⓘ
jurisdiction national jurisdiction of Ecuador ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of Ecuador ⓘ
Ecuadorian Organic Code of the Judicial Function ⓘ
legalSystem Ecuadorian legal system ⓘ
levelInCourtHierarchy highest level of ordinary courts in Ecuador ⓘ
locatedIn Quito ⓘ
notCompetentFor constitutional review of laws ⓘ
oversees application of national law by lower courts ⓘ
region Latin America ⓘ
responsibility hearing cassation appeals ⓘ
issuing binding jurisprudential precedents in certain cases ⓘ
overseeing national jurisprudence ⓘ
resolving conflicts of jurisdiction between lower courts ⓘ
unifying national jurisprudence ⓘ
role court of last resort in Ecuadorian ordinary justice system ⓘ
highest judicial body in Ecuador ⓘ
subjectArea judiciary of Ecuador ⓘ
typeOfLawHandled ordinary law ⓘ
usesLegalTradition civil law tradition ⓘ

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