Editing Politics of Ecuador (section)

=== Reorganization of Court (2008) ===
After the adoption of a new Constitution in 2008, the judicial branch of the country was completely renewed to provide a cooperative leadership by having a judicial and an administrative head. As such, the bodies of Ecuador's judicial branch now consisted of the National Court of Justice, provincial courts (created by the National Court), tribunals and judges, National Council of the Judicature, Public Defendants' Office, and State Attorneys' Office. The 2008 Constitution also led to the creation of the Constitutional Court of Ecuador.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://caj.fiu.edu/national-cj-systems/south-america/ecuador/index.html.gz|title=Ecuador|website=FIU Center for the Administration of Justice|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4083847.stm|title=Supreme Court in Ecuador replaced|date=2004-12-10|work=BBC World|access-date=2019-04-26|language=en-GB}}</ref>

==== National Court of Justice ====
The National Court of Justice seats 21 judges elected for a period of 9 years. They are elected by the Judiciary Council based on a merits contest held by that office. They are the final stage of any judicial process serving as a Court of Cassation and create binding precedent based on Triple Reiterative Rulings from the Chambers of the Court. The President of the Court is elected among the members of the Court for a Period of three years, representing the Judicial Branch before the State.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cortenacional.gob.ec/cnj/index.php/pages/196%20-18-estructura-organica|title=La Corte|website=www.cortenacional.gob.ec|language=es-es|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>

===== List of presidents =====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!President
!Period
|-
| José Vicente Troya Jaramillo
| 2008–2011
|-
| rowspan="3" | Carlos Ramírez Romero
|2011–2012
|-
|2012–2015
|-
|2015–2018
|-
|[[María Paulina Aguirre|Paulina Aguirre Suárez]]
|2018–present
|-
|}

==== Judiciary Council ====
The administrative branch of the judicial power consists of the Judiciary Council. The Council is formed by 9 Vocals who are elected by the Branch of Transparency and Social Control, which is formed by the Control Authorities of the State. The Vocals are elected also by a merits contest and it shall be formed by six experts in law and 3 experts in management, economics and other related areas. However, after the National Referendum that took place on 5 May 2011 led to the passing of a proposition impulsed by the government, the Judiciary Council changed its formation by making a constitutional amendment. Currently, a Tri-Party Commission is serving as a Transitional Council with delegates from the Legislative, Executive and Transparency Branch, in order to reform the broken judicial system of the country.