Heterogeneidad en el derecho de acceder a la justicia respecto al perfil sociodemográfico de los titulares de este derecho en el cantón Cuenca

Abstract

The right of access to justice is emerging as one of the most important fundamental rights because it is indispensable for the real realization of any right. In this paper, access to justice is studied from a legal-theoretical and empirical perspective by revealing how the exercise of this right may be conditioned by different circumstances such as the sociodemographic profile, as well as by the perception of trust and effectiveness in the justice system. The main results indicate that in Cuenca city is a direct incidence of the level of education, income level, gender and area of residence on the exercise of the right of access to justice, the difficulty of using alternative dispute resolution mechanisms due to a marked litigation culture, and a negative perception of the administration of justice. The consolidation of the judicial system, legal literacy, greater dissemination and strengthening of free legal services, among others, are proposed as alternatives