Does the judge know the law? Some controversial aspects concerning the application of iura novit curia principle in the Peruvian civil process

  • Rafael Prado Bringas Universidad de Lima

    Abogado por la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Máster en Argumentación Jurídica por la Universidad de Alicante. Profesor de Derecho Procesal Civil y de Técnicas de Litigación en la Universidad de Lima y Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas – UPC. Contacto: rprado@rpb.pe.

  • Francisco Zegarra Valencia Estudio Rodríguez Angobaldo

    Abogado por la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP). Título de segunda especialidad en Derecho Procesal y estudios de maestría en Derecho Procesal por la PUCP. Postgrado en especialización en procesal civil, arbitraje y medicación por la Universidad de Salamanca. Adjunto de docencia del curso Derecho Procesal Civil II de la Universidad de Lima y Revisión e Impugnación Judicial en la PUCP. Miembro del Grupo de Investigaciones de Derecho Procesal Crítico y Constitución de la PUCP (GIDEPROC). Asociado del estudio Rodríguez Angobaldo Abogados. Miembro extraordinario de Ius et Veritas. Contacto: fzegarra@er.com.pe.

Keywords: Iura Novit Curia, Right to Effective Judicial Protection, Congruency Principle, Surprise Decision, Procedural Civil Right, Civil Law

Abstract

In this academic work, the authors look into the foundations and limitations of the iura novit curia principle in the Peruvian civil procedure, in order to give practical responses to the main challenges faced by judges in its application. Moreover, they explain that a good understanding of such principle should not permit a judge to submit a judgment based on legal causes that were not duly invoked and defined by the claimant, or that have not been discussed by the parties during the procedure. Finally, they propose that the application of the iura novit curia principle does not allow judges to render a “surprise decision” based on a legal argument that was not part of the controversy in the procedure.

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Prado Bringas, R., & Zegarra Valencia, F. (2019). Does the judge know the law? Some controversial aspects concerning the application of iura novit curia principle in the Peruvian civil process. IUS ET VERITAS, (59), 288-299. https://doi.org/10.18800/iusetveritas.201902.019