INDIGENOUS JUSTICE AND THE CONSTITUTION IN PROFESSIONAL LAW TRAINING IN ECUADOR

In Ecuador, indigenous peoples and nationalities have been demanding that their rights be recognized, a fact that was achieved in the 2008 Constitution, given the organization and perseverance of these autonomous peoples. Moving on from this process, the analyzes carried out show the existence of contradictions between the application of justice regulated in the Constitution and indigenous justice. Several methods were applied for the study and to obtain information on the subject, which includes the assessment of the training of legal professionals and their knowledge in this regard. The results show the need to make changes in the training of students, the achievement of greater cultural interaction and the search for intervention mechanisms in indigenous communities to achieve changes while respecting their deep-rooted culture and traditions.