Desenvolvimento sustentável: a norma jurídica ambiental e o desenvolvimento econômico

Abstract

Since the middle of the XX century, mankind has become aware of all problems decurrent of environmental injuries caused by the excess of men themselves, who have already become conscious of their harmful acts against the environment, but actually, they haven't changed their acts. There are many interests involved and many questions related to this subject, besides the juridical, for instance: Economy, Sociology, Philosophy, etc., yet the vital aspect concerns to the Environmental Juridical Norm, demanding Legislative ripening of each and every State of the country and their commitment with the Sustainable Development. The question implies transnationality of interests, often divergent, and culminates on the necessity of Legislative harmonization, in which the regional blocks, especially MERCOSUL, should concentrate themselves in a well-balanced way on the objectives proposed when they were created.