Squatting or invasion of private land or property? The argumentative strategy of Judicial Power on decisions involving occupying land without legal claim

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https://doi.org/10.12957/rdc.2021.64019

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The objective of this paper was to fathom how many contradictory decisions about the outcome of the same case are reached in a system of explicit rules. The dialectic method was used to approach decisions previously selected by Purposive non-probability sampling concerning squatting of abandoned properties. As a starting point for the dialectic bias, this study used the dissimilarity between the theoretical common sense of legal experts and the critical knowledge by Warat, along with his critique of the epistemology of concepts and the analysis of the syllogism by Katharina Sobota as presentation style of the court decision. As a result, it was concluded that the theoretical common sense of legal experts disguises strategies of speech. The decision is developed so as to convey a sense of comprehensiveness and logical coherence, failing to disclose that what actually fuels the interpretation of these actions is either the inflexible defense of a liberal property in which the owner is the absolute master of the power legally assigned to him or the defense of the social function of the estate. Despite many advances, the current political arena supports the upkeep of the former. Thus, there is no consensus in the decision-making process of lawsuits about squatting private property: the abandoned estate either “allows entrance” or “does not allow it”. The trespassers are either squatters or occupants.

Keywords: Squatting. Invasion. Estate. Abandoned property. Social function of the property.

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Renata Helena Paganoto Moura, Faculdade de Direito de Vitória (FDV)

Doutoranda em Direito pela Faculdade de Direito de Vitória. Mestre em Processo Civil pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo. Professora de Direito Civil da Faculdade de Direito de Vitória (FDV). Advogada. 

Alexandre de Castro Coura, Faculdade de Direito de Vitória (FDV)

Pós-doutorado como visiting scholar na American University e visiting foreign judicial fellow no Centro Judiciário Federal em Washington D.C. Doutor e Mestre em Direito Constitucional pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Ex-professor efetivo de Direito material e processual penal da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES). Professor de Teoria dos Direitos Fundamentais no Programa de Mestrado e Doutorado da Faculdade de Direito de Vitória (FDV). Promotor de Justiça Cível da Comarca da Serra/ES (Patrimônio público e defesa dos consumidores). 

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2021-12-08

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Moura, R. H. P., & Coura, A. de C. (2021). Squatting or invasion of private land or property? The argumentative strategy of Judicial Power on decisions involving occupying land without legal claim. Revista De Direito Da Cidade, 13(4), 2098–2127. https://doi.org/10.12957/rdc.2021.64019

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