Towards a critical and liberating legal-environmental analysis in Brazil

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Critical, Environmental Constitutional Law, Political claim to Justice, Liberation, Popular participation

Abstract

https://doi.org/10.1590/2179-8966/2022/65857

The present article deals with the possible contributions arising from the critical analysis of Brazilian constitutional environmental law for the protection of vulnerable groups. The healthy environment is considered a fundamental human right to guarantee dignity and quality of life, and thus, the Federal Constitution of 1988 enshrined it in its article 225 as a right for all. However, it is observed that certain groups - historically constructed - bear disproportionately the environmental impacts and risks, and also have unequal access to environmental resources. In this sense, the specific objective of this study is to apply the idea of "Political claim to Justice", by the Argentine philosopher Enrique Dussel, as a tool for analyzing the Brazilian constitutional environmental protection, precisely because of the inequality of the aforementioned groups in accessing the right to a healthy environment. This is an article of a qualitative methodological approach, based on decoloniality and environmental justice with bibliographic and documentary research.

Keywords: Critical; Environmental Constitutional Law; Political claim to Justice; Liberation; Popular participation.

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Gladstone Leonel Júnior, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito Constitucional e da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF). Pós-Doutor em Direitos Humanos e Doutor em Direito pela Universidade de Brasília (UnB) com estágio doutoral na Universitat de València, Espanha. Mestre em Direito pela UNESP. Especialista em Sociologia Política pela UFPR. Bacharel em Direito pela UFV. Advogado. Membro do IPDMS (Instituto de Pesquisa, Direitos e Movimentos Sociais), do Grupo de Pesquisa de “O Direito Achado na Rua” e líder do Grupo de Pesquisa "Crítica Jurídica Contemporânea". E-mail: gladstoneleonel@id.uff.br. ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0069-9221.

Victória Lourenço de Carvalho e Gonçalves, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Professora da Faculdade Estácio. Doutoranda em Direito pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC - Rio). Mestre em Direito Constitucional pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF). Bacharel em Direito pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF). Advogada. E-mail: vlcg.cms@hotmail.com. ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7777-1952.

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Published

2022-12-22

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Leonel Júnior, G., & Lourenço de Carvalho e Gonçalves, V. (2022). Towards a critical and liberating legal-environmental analysis in Brazil. Direito E Práxis, 14(4), 2240–2261. Retrieved from https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/revistaceaju/article/view/65857

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Vol. 14 No. 4 (2023): REVISTA DIREITO E PRÁXIS

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