| dc.description.abstract | Civil liability and its assumptions as well has evolved to fit the social technological development, and the concomitant emergence of new damage to be protected from, especially the nanotechnologies both in the world and in Brazil. The movement to adjust this institute is marked by a joint responsible character consistent with the principle of the individuals? dignity, established in the First Article, subsection III, of the Brazilian Federal Constitution, by bringing together public right and private right. Nanotechnological potential damage is still unknown; what is already known is that nanotechnological responsibility can trigger potential harm. Despite not implemented by the Brazilian legal order yet, it has to be protected by the law. Alternatives encompass the usage of the general risk clause, the Consumer?s Rights Defense law abuse and provisions, some hypotheses of objective incidence liability always in consonance with the human person?s guardianship and by acknowledging the flexibility of civil liability assumptions: causal damage and nexus. Instances exist when precautionary measures will be advocated to prevent damage from occurring; in other instances the effective investigation of harm will be the departure point. For both hypotheses, to make the framing of nanotechnologies into the Brazilian Law viable open concepts have to be used, and hermeneutically developed criteria have to become the foundation. Society can not be left unprotected due to a lack of rules of law specific to nanotechnological liability. New liability has to be, first of all, judicious and, second of all, its outcomes must be protected, and the oddities of the actual case must always be abided by, a situation where previous understanding will be advocated. | en |
