TY  - JOUR 
TI  - La constitución de montecristi y sus legados religiosos
JO  - Precedente: Anuario Juridico;Vol. 4
PB  - Universidad Icesi
PY  - 2014
issn 16576535
AB  - The Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly of 2008 adopted constitutional decrees which 
protect life from conception, forbids same-sex marriage, and include the name of God. 
This document covers the account of the discussions and decisions of this regulation. 
The author shapes the hypothesis that the Montecristi´s Constitution does not corresponds to a secular state; in an attempt to understand the contradictions, and to deliberate about the secular nature of the state, we outline the context in which the notion of 
a Constituent arouse, and the framework applied for constitutional texts approval. By 
means of an analysis on the way how the political matter was dealt in the discussions, 
and by a careful review of the debates relating to the topics of this paper within the 
Constituent Assembly, we step forward the reasons that can justify disapproval to the 
scope of a secular state. The religious filiation of Ecuador´s President is furthermore 
analyzed to demonstrate how such a bias was finally adopted within the Constitution. 
To finish, the document includes some brief conclusions.
KW  - Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales
KW  - Producción intelectual registrada - Universidad Icesi
KW  - Precedente: Anuario Juridico
KW  - Constituent Assembly
KW  - Secular state
KW  - Asambleas constituyentes
KW  - Estado Laico
KW  - Moral Religiosa
UR  - http://www.icesi.edu.co/revistas/index.php/precedente/article/view/1834
ER  -