Economical and ambient sustainability: an ideal of the international society
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5433/2178-8189.2005v9n0p109Keywords:
Environment, World Trade Organization, European Union, MERCOSUR, legal harmonization, sustainable development, economic and axiological values, progress and social justiceAbstract
The incorporation of the environmental issue by international offices and regional blocks in the last decades, has demonstrated a growing preoccupation with the road to sustainable socio-economic development. The contemporary development process, consolidated by the capitalist production model, has exercised great influence on society in general. This globalized economic model gave rise to a new network of relations which have affected the political structures of the States. Thus, among the many concerns involving these changes is the incorporation of environmental values to reach sustainable development, i.e., to promote economic development taking into account environment protection and social justice. In face of the transnacionality issue and the importance of the objective at hand, it is fundamental to raise people’s awareness of the legal harmonization issue.