Civil marriage between persons of the same sex and its impact on the legal framework of Ecuador

Authors

  • Ignacio Fernando Barcos-Arias Universidad Regional Autónoma de los Andes, Babahoyo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9493-7931
  • Jenny Guadalupe Terán-Arregui Universidad Regional Autónoma de los Andes, Babahoyo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35381/racji.v5i3.1088

Keywords:

Marriage, family law, judicial sentence.

Abstract

The main objective of the investigation is to demonstrate that civil marriage between people of the same sex, applied through ruling No. 10-18-CN / 19 of the Constitutional Court, violates the Constitutional Legal framework of Ecuador, is an authoritarian procedure of Exceeding the functions of the Constitutional Court, ordering compliance with a non-existent law in the legal system, assuming competencies and powers that are not provided by the Constitution, entail a lack of legal effectiveness without rejecting that the LGBTI community is subject to demand rights and contract obligations. Under the quantitative paradigmatic modality. It relies on the analytical-synthetic method, since it offered the possibility of analyzing the information obtained from a sample of 316 lawyers, to which a questionnaire consisting of 5 questions was applied. It concludes Sentence N ° 10-18-CN / 19 should be void and the constitutional reform procedure followed as the only way established in the Magna Carta.

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Published

2020-12-10

How to Cite

Barcos-Arias, I. F., & Terán-Arregui, J. G. (2020). Civil marriage between persons of the same sex and its impact on the legal framework of Ecuador. IUSTITIA SOCIALIS, 5(3), 109–123. https://doi.org/10.35381/racji.v5i3.1088

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