LAND DILEMMAS IN BRAZIL: THE HISTORY OF LAND PRIVATIZATION IN BRAZIL

Katia Carolino; Ricardo Stanziola Vieira; Marcos Sorrentino

doi:10.14210/rdp.v16n2.p437-462

Autores

Katia Carolino PhD in Environmental Science and researcher at the Laboratory of Education and Environmental Policy (Oca) at the Luiz de Queiroz Higher School of Agriculture at the University of São Paulo (Brazil) and in the Ecological Economy, Commons Governance and Climate Justice project at York University
Ricardo Stanziola Vieira Postdoctoral position at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Environmental Law, Urban Planning and Territorial Management (Crideau, University of Limoges - France). Professor in the Master and Doctorate Courses of the Stricto Sensu Postgraduate Program in Legal Science and in the Master Course in Public Policy Management - UNIVALI.
Marcos Sorrentino Senior professor in the Department of Forest Sciences and coordinator of the Laboratory of Education and Environmental Policy (Oca), both at the Luiz de Queiroz Higher School of Agriculture at the University of São Paulo (Brazil).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14210/rdp.v16n2.p437-462

Palavras-chave:

property of land, socio-environmental function of property, Brazilian legislation.

Resumo

This article aims to present, from a historical perspective, the main legal instruments on access to land, based on authors who have studied the agrarian issue in Brazil, namely: João Pedro Stédile (2011), José de Souza Martins (1980), Marcia Maria Mendes Motta (1998), Maria Ligia Osório Silva (1996, 1997), Ruy Cirne Lima (1954), among others. It also aims to demonstrate how legislation has advanced in the process of recognizing the socio-environmental function of property while it brought ambiguities that have led to regression in terms of a fairer and more equitable distribution of land, essential to human needs, such as housing and food. The materials used to prepare the article came from primary and secondary sources collected through bibliographic and documentary research.

KEYWORDS: property of land, socio-environmental function of property, Brazilian legislation.

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