FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO THE ENVIRONMENT AS A CONSTITUTIVE ELEMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

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Published: May 10, 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18623/rvd.v13i25.564

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Carlos Marden Cabral Coutinho
Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS
Jose Luis Bolzan de Morais
Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS

Abstract

This paper aims to demonstrate how the fundamental right to the environment is presented as a precondition for the construction of the democratic state. This shall be presented initially a discussion about the concept of democracy, in order to show that in the XXI century, democracy can no longer be seen as a limited right of political participation, and should be understood as the ability that everyone has to build their own reality. In this context, the fundamental right to the environment represents and incorporates a number of elements minimum conditions for a dignified life, without which is impractical to talk about construction of reality itself. Finally, pick up will support as the relationship between environment and democracy occurs in a narrow way and appears to be essential to the establishment of design of any democratic state.

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Vol. 13 No. 25 (2016): Veredas do Direito — Direito Ambiental e Desenvolvimento Sustentável
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Author Biographies

Carlos Marden Cabral Coutinho, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS

Procurador Federal. Graduado em direito, especialista em processo civil e mestre em direito constitucional pela Universidade Federal do Ceará. Doutor em direito processual pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais - PUCMINAS. Pós-doutorando na Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS.

Jose Luis Bolzan de Morais, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS

Procurador do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Professor da pós-graduação da Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos. Doutor em Direito do Estado pela UFSC, com estágio na Université de Montpellier I — France. Pós-doutoramento pela Universidade de Coimbra. Pesquisador Produtividade CNPQ.