nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200509-133249-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200509s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200509-133249-0 doi eng 342 23 Cervantes Valarezo, Andrés Author aut Ecuador – Constitutionalism and Covid-19 Cervantes Valarezo, Andrés Verfassungsblog 2020-05-09 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier When referring to the rule of law and constitutionalism we must be extremely cautious: Ecuador was founded in 1830 after the dissolution of Great Colombia, and in just 190 years has adopted 20 constitutions. The current Ecuadorian Constitution dates from 2008. This means that the nation does not possess a strong constitutional tradition nor a culture of promotion of the rule of law. On the contrary, Ecuador has a long history of institutional breakdowns and coup d'états which were caused by political and economic crisis. However, these were nothing compared with the situation all Ecuadorians are currently facing. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Constitutionalism Coronavirus COVID 19 Judiciary Presidential Powers Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/ecuador-constitutionalism-and-covid-19/ raw object