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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CNJ canonical | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | judicial body ⓘ |
| abbreviationFor | Corte Nacional de Justicia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| abbreviationLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| appointmentBy | Consejo de la Judicatura de Ecuador NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branchOfGovernment | judicial branch of Ecuador ⓘ |
| city | Quito NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composition | judges called national court judges ⓘ |
| country | Ecuador ⓘ |
| distinctFrom | Constitutional Court of Ecuador NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ensures | uniformity of judicial criteria nationwide ⓘ |
| fullName | Corte Nacional de Justicia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | national jurisdiction of Ecuador ⓘ |
| languageOfProceedings | Spanish ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Constitution of Ecuador
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ecuadorian Organic Code of the Judicial Function NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Ecuadorian legal system ⓘ |
| levelInCourtHierarchy | highest level of ordinary courts in Ecuador ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Quito NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfLawHandled | ordinary law ⓘ |
| usesLegalTradition | civil law tradition ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.