Abstract

LUZURIAGA-TORRES, Nelly Concepción; CANTOS-REYES, María Verónica  and  MENDIETA-ASTUDILLO, Verónica Lisseth. Executed judgments of first instance on criminal offenses. Case: Criminal jurisdiction of Cantón Cañar, Ecuador. Iustitia Socialis [online]. 2023, vol.8, n.14, pp.29-47.  Epub June 28, 2023. ISSN 2542-3371.  https://doi.org/10.35381/racji.v8i14.2472.

The general objective of the research was to analyze legally the executory sentences of first instance on criminal infractions. Case: Criminal Jurisdiction of Cañar Canton, Ecuador. It was developed from a quantitative approach, through the search, collection and critical analysis of documents and bibliographic references. A theoretical-conceptual review was carried out in terms of logic and legal argumentation, through a search in legislation, doctrine and national jurisprudence. Likewise, the statistics provided by the Judiciary Council's Judgments Database were used. It is concluded that legal argumentation has a very important role in the field of law in terms of supporting a decision and persuading a varied addressee by means of evidence and reasoning, using logic, dialectics and rhetoric. Consequently, these elements become indispensable instruments to make judicial decisions acceptable.

Keywords : Judgment; law; justice.

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