Remarks on the Legitimate Use of Force to Defend the Environment

This article evaluates whether the legitimate defense can be used in the protection of collective environmental rights. Some scholars are contrary to the legitimate defense of those rights in face of an unlawful assault not involving concomitant aggression to individual rights. Given the current ris...

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Main Authors: Luciano Pereira de Souza, Fernando Reverendo Vidal Akaoui
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-graduação em Direito (CONPEDI) 2016-10-01
Series:Revista de Direito Ambiental e Socioambientalismo
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Online Access:http://www.indexlaw.org/index.php/Socioambientalismo/article/view/1065
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description This article evaluates whether the legitimate defense can be used in the protection of collective environmental rights. Some scholars are contrary to the legitimate defense of those rights in face of an unlawful assault not involving concomitant aggression to individual rights. Given the current risk scenario for the global ecological balance, revealed by the approach of planetary boundaries - and taking into account its fundamental principles of protection and defense of a right – this paper does not exclude legitimate defense as a lawful means of environmental protection, regardless its impact on public order and peace.
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spelling doaj.art-0cfc106661514cd6995da54d647d64082022-12-21T19:39:33ZporConselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-graduação em Direito (CONPEDI)Revista de Direito Ambiental e Socioambientalismo2525-96282525-96282016-10-012123225310.26668/IndexLawJournals/2525-9628/2016.v2i1.10651080Remarks on the Legitimate Use of Force to Defend the EnvironmentLuciano Pereira de Souza0Fernando Reverendo Vidal Akaoui1Universidade Santa Cecilia - UNISANTA, Santos, São Paulo.Universidade Santa Cecilia - UNISANTA, Santos, São Paulo.This article evaluates whether the legitimate defense can be used in the protection of collective environmental rights. Some scholars are contrary to the legitimate defense of those rights in face of an unlawful assault not involving concomitant aggression to individual rights. Given the current risk scenario for the global ecological balance, revealed by the approach of planetary boundaries - and taking into account its fundamental principles of protection and defense of a right – this paper does not exclude legitimate defense as a lawful means of environmental protection, regardless its impact on public order and peace.http://www.indexlaw.org/index.php/Socioambientalismo/article/view/1065Direitos coletivosBens ambientaisLegítima defesaUso da força
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Remarks on the Legitimate Use of Force to Defend the Environment
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Direitos coletivos
Bens ambientais
Legítima defesa
Uso da força
title Remarks on the Legitimate Use of Force to Defend the Environment
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title_short Remarks on the Legitimate Use of Force to Defend the Environment
title_sort remarks on the legitimate use of force to defend the environment
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Bens ambientais
Legítima defesa
Uso da força
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