Uma sociedade de risco não reconhecida: o sistema jurídico brasileiro no enfrentamento dos riscos ambientais

Abstract

The concept of society of risk in a practical way reflects the current environmental scenario in which we live, where the uncertainty about the consequences of irresponsible use of the environment is the most striking feature of the development of our society. These permanent risks, however, have no limits on time or place set, causing environmental damage over territorial boundaries and be inherited by future generations. And it is through the paradigm of society of risk that we analyze in this work, as the Brazilian Environmental Law faces the uncertainties of the current world, where the ecological risks and search for a truly sustainable development remains challenging a rethink about our legal system. To that end, we base our approach using the systems theory to better understand the role of law at the reduction of current social complexity, and to observe the effects of the relationship between the systems of law, economics and politics in custody on the environment. We try, also, to analyze possible pa