Democratic jurisdiction and repairing the extra-patrimonial environmental damages

Authors

  • Augusto Antônio Fontanive Leal Universidade de Caxias do Sul - UCS
  • Grayce Kelly Bioen Universidade de Caxias do Sul - RS
  • Carlos Alberto Lunelli Universidade de Caxias do Sul - RS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/2178-8189.2016v20n3p237

Keywords:

State, Environmental Damage, Environmental Jurisdiction

Abstract

This paper's purpose is to analyze the importance of popular participation in the constructing of environmental rights in sovereign States; likewise, this research focuses on how this process has been assimilated in the Brazilian legal system. Furthermore, we should note that this process has the aim of the jurisdiction´s democratization, which also aims to protect the environment. However, there are growing limitations in regards to the involvement of the community in issues related to the environment, such as indirect participation in class actions. This study intends to demonstrate the importance of the environment´s right to personality when suffering moral or extra-patrimonial injuries within its own community and it should be included, even if reflexively, so that the principle of full compensation of damages can be implemented. Therefore, this paper addresses the possibility of compensation for extra-patrimonial environmental damage based on democratic jurisdiction.

Author Biographies

Augusto Antônio Fontanive Leal, Universidade de Caxias do Sul - UCS

Mestre em Direito pela Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS). Membro do Grupo de Pesquisa ALFAJUS. Advogado.

Grayce Kelly Bioen, Universidade de Caxias do Sul - RS

Mestranda em Direito pela Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS). Membro do Grupo de Pesquisa ALFAJUS. Advogada.

Carlos Alberto Lunelli, Universidade de Caxias do Sul - RS

Doutor em Direito e Mestre em Direito Público pela Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS). Professor Titular do Mestrado em Direito da Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS).

Published

2016-11-29

How to Cite

Leal, A. A. F., Bioen, G. K., & Lunelli, C. A. (2016). Democratic jurisdiction and repairing the extra-patrimonial environmental damages. Scientia Iuris, 20(3), 237–263. https://doi.org/10.5433/2178-8189.2016v20n3p237

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