The Constitution of 2008 and the Organic Code of the Judiciary of 2009 changed dramatically the organization and principles applicable to jurisdictional activity, to promote a better protection of the rights of people. However, in the field of civil proceedings, a new code that incorporates those principles has not yet been issued, mainly to develop an oral proceeding, the ideal mechanism to make effective the principles of celerity, efficiency and economy in litigation. This article discusses the main aspects of two reform projects: the first, drawn up by the transitory Council of the Judiciary, and the other, by the Ecuadorian Institute of Procedural Law, to determine what would be their essencial virtues and disadvantages.
