El principio Non Reformatio in Peius aplicado en materia civil.

Abstract

The present work is based on the principle of reformatio in peius, same that is present in our Constitution, of vital procedural importance, because it guarantees the procedural parties the prohibition to reform in worse, the appellant. The legal institution will be analyzed from the moment it originated, until now, in Ecuador. In addition, we will see how the principle reformatio en peío it has been treated, first, in aspects of matter of criminal matters only, and next, we will deal with the issue of how this principle is implemented to all the branches of law, that is, to the administrative, civil, constitutional, among other things. Finally, it will be analyzed the principle under comparative law, and, how is treated in different countries, and each of its aspects, as its limits, and by the last, will conclude by analyzing the principle and how to improve the principle in certain procedural aspects.