Environmental function of contract: mechanism of compatibility between economic growth and the environment

Abstract

This article aims to demonstrate how the social function of the contract can serve as a mechanism for safeguarding the environment. To do so, starts with a brief discussion about economics, law and the state. Following addresses the constitutional aspect of the compatibility of economic development with the right to an ecologically balanced environment. Once below explains about the contract itself and its social function. Finally, one addresses the various aspects of the environmental function of the contract, highlighting the ways for its operationalization by the judiciary and the Public Ministry, as well as the consequences of noncompliance. At the end, it is concluded that the function of environmental contract involves a mechanism compatibility between economic growth and the environment.