In Ecuador, various social groups have coexisted, such as indigenous peoples, peasants and Afro-descendants, which have been characterised by their own right away from state centralism. In the area of legal pluralism, custom plays a decisive role, although the Ecuadorian Civil Code states that it should only be applied when the law so indicates, it must be seen as a manifestation of repeated practices over time, resulting in a primary source of law by groups that form part of legal pluralism, with indigenous justice being highlighted as the most relevant representation of the coexistence of legal systems.