Transnational corporations and the use of natural resources/environmental resources in brazil and the sovereignty principle

Authors

  • Celso Fiorillo Universidade Nove de Julho
  • Renata Marques Ferreira

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/2178-8189.2020v24n3p158

Keywords:

Transnational companies. Sovereignty. Natural Resources Environmental Resources. Constitutional Environmental Law.

Abstract

The use of natural resources/environmental resources in Brazil, is an extension of citizenship, the dignity of the human person, social values of work, free enterprise, and political pluralism. Nonetheless, the sovereignty principle (Art. 1, subsection I) is a normative tool that is extremely relevant in terms of corporate transactions of environmental resources by transnational corporations, particularly because of the specific and unique characteristics of Brazil. Hence the need to carry out the present research from the hermeneutical method, with a survey of academic work elaborated by scholars working on this proposed topic, which purpose is to demonstrate that transnational corporations use of national resources/environmental resources in Brazil is subject to the principle of sovereignty and, therefore, should follow Brazilian law, specifically its constitutional environmental law.

Author Biographies

Celso Fiorillo, Universidade Nove de Julho

Doutor em Direito pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUCSP). Mestre em Direito pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUCSP). Email: celsofiorillo@uol.com.br

Renata Marques Ferreira

Pós doutora pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Doutora em Direito pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUCSP). Mestre em Direito pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUCSP). Email: renferreira@uol.com.br

Published

2020-11-30

How to Cite

Fiorillo, C., & Ferreira, R. M. (2020). Transnational corporations and the use of natural resources/environmental resources in brazil and the sovereignty principle. Scientia Iuris, 24(3), 158–173. https://doi.org/10.5433/2178-8189.2020v24n3p158

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