The judicial branch consists of the supreme court and several layers of lower courts. |
The judicial branch interprets the constitution and is the final passer of laws. |
Fortunately, the Ecuadorian Constitution foresees such chicanery and the judicial branch prevented it. |
As in the United States, the judicial branch is comprised of a supreme court and lower, local courts. |
It also vests jurisdiction to rule on a writ of habeas corpus in the heads of all courts and tribunals of the judicial branch. |
In the judicial branch the Supreme Court of Justice is the highest tribunal. |