RESUMENEste articulo muestra como las reformas procesales penales en el Ecuador acaban en un mejoramiento de la eficiencia del sistema penal, mientras se mantienen o incluso agravan sus debilidades tradicionales como es la arbitrariedad de la privación de la libertad. Mediante el estudio sobre la realidad de la prisión preventiva se puede demostrar no solamente la selectividad en la realización del plan de reformas, sino también la capacidad de resistencia de la cultura jurídica en la Región, el hiperlegalismo y su cumplimiento altamente selectivo, cuales bases materiales e históricas no han sido consideradas por los proveedores internacionales de asistencia. Finalmente, se debe constatar la reconfiguración inquisitorial del sistema adversarial.
ABSTRACTThis article shows how criminal justice reforms in Ecuador lead to an improvement in the efficiency of the criminal justice system, while maintaining or even aggravating its traditional weaknesses, such as the arbitrariness of deprivation of liberty. Through the study of the reality of pre-trial detention, it is possible to demonstrate not only the selectivity in the implementation of the reform plan, but also the resilience of the legal culture in the Region, hyperlegalism and its highly selective compliance, both historical factors that might not have been considered by international assistance providers. Finally, we must verify the inquisitorial reconfiguration of the adversarial system.
KEY WORDS: preventive detention, reforms, procedural system, hyperlegalism, inquisitorial reconfiguration.
JEL CODE / CLASIFICACIÓN JEL: K14
This article shows how criminal justice reforms in Ecuador lead to an improvement in the efficiency of the criminal justice system, while maintaining or even aggravating its traditional weaknesses, such as the arbitrariness of deprivation of liberty. Through the study of the reality of pre-trial detention, it is possible to demonstrate not only the selectivity in the implementation of the reform plan, but also the resilience of the legal culture in the Region, hyperlegalism and its highly selective compliance, both historical factors that might not have been considered by international assistance providers. Finally, we must verify the inquisitorial reconfiguration of the adversarial system.
KEY WORDS: preventive detention, reforms, procedural system, hyperlegalism, inquisitorial reconfiguration.
JEL CODE: K14