Os princípios do direito ambiental no Supremo Tribunal Federal e no Superior Tribunal de Justiça : prevenção, precaução e poluidor-pagador

Abstract

In this paper we draw the profile of the decisions of the Supreme Court and the Upper Court involving the field of environmental law, striving for more detailed analysis regarding the applicability of the principles of prevention, precaution and the polluter pays principle in conflict resolution submitted to the Judiciary. Considering the importance and relevance of the principles within the legal framework, this research covers a brief understanding about the concept of principles and the principles of environmental law in specific, is examined in detail each of the principles selected as a central focus for the study and test cases. In the case study seeks to examine the influence of environmental law principles of prevention, precaution and the polluter pays principle in the decisions of the Supreme Court and Upper Court. Aware that, unlike the standards whose applicability depends on the perfect line between fact and legal provision, the principles at its core subjectivity, generality and universality as characteristics of its essence, and therefore find space in the solution of the most several matters. It here, closer analysis of the descent of the environmental principles of prevention, precaution and the polluter pays principle in resolving judicial labors dealing with the environment.