Civil Liability for Activity of Risk and the Paradigm of Social Solidarity

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Mariana Ribeiro Santiago
Livia Gaigher Bósio Campello

Abstract

The present paper analyses the expansion of the area of strict liability in the Brazilian civil law, due to exercise of risky activity, innovation embodied in article 927, sole paragraph, of the Civil Code, in the context of social solidarity, as substantiated in the Federal Constitution. To that end, we investigated the concept and the extension of term "risk", the general rule of liability in Brazilian civil law, the cases of flexibility, the impact of such exception in respect of legal certainty and the points of convergence between the themes liability for risky activity and social solidarity. In conclusion, we indicate new directives to the most fair and effective application of the institute in focus.

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Mariana Ribeiro Santiago, Universidade de Marília - UNIMAR

Professora do Programa de Mestrado em Direito da Universidade de Marília - UNIMAR. Professora da Universidade Nove de Julho - UNINOVE. Advogada.

Livia Gaigher Bósio Campello, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul - UFMS

Doutora em Direito pela PUC/SP. Professora do Programa de Mestrado em Direito da Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul - UFMS.