Towards a critical and liberating legal-environmental analysis in Brazil
Gladstone Leonel Júnior,
Victória Lourenço de Carvalho e Gonçalves
Abstract: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, … Show more
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