South Africa’s land redistribution policy (1994-2008) has been widely publicised, and has come under scrutiny of late from the public, private and government spheres, highlighting a need for research in this area. The research examines progress in South Africa’s land redistribution programme in two of KwaZulu-Natal’s district municipalities, Uthungulu and iLembe. Specifically the research investigates whether the government has paid above market prices when purchasing sugarcane farmland for redistribution in these districts. Moreover, it is illustrated how productivity on redistributed farms has been affected with the changes in ownership. To investigate the research questions, reviews of theories pertaining to property rights, land reform and market structures were conducted. Moreover, two cases studies were conducted in the districts of Uthungulu and iLembe, with assistance from the Department of Land Affairs, Inkezo Land Company and the South African Cane Growers Association. The case study data indicate that above ordinary market prices have been paid (2004-2006) by the government for sugarcane farmland in the districts concerned, and further that productivity has been negatively impacted ‘during’ and ‘post‘ transfer, in the majority of cases.

Esta dissertação objetiva examinar se, a limitação a construção ou reforma de empreendimentos imobiliários nas áreas de preservação permanente às margens dos rios, em área urbana, como forma de preservação do meio ambiente, acarreta a responsabilidade civil do Estado por eventuais prejuízos sofridos por terceiros a partir da Constituição Federal de 1988. Instrumentam a análise, feita a partir de pesquisa bibliográfica, a legislação brasileira, os conceitos teóricos trazidos pela doutrina e o posicionamento dos tribunais pátrios. Tem-se claro que o processo de industrialização capitaneado a partir da Revolução Industrial transformou as cidades em aglomerações urbanas capazes de causarem irreversíveis impactos sócio-ambientais. A era tecnológica chegou ao seu limite, tornando necessário repensar a posição do homem em relação ao meio ambiente para conservação dos recursos naturais existentes. A legislação, no decorrer da história tem evoluído no sentido de tutela ao meio ambiente. Chega-se ao auge quando a Constituição Federal de 1988 atribui status constitucional ao meio ambiente, titulando-o como direito fundamental e bem de uso comum do povo. A par desta previsão constitucional (art. 225), também no patamar dos direitos fundamentais, encontra-se o direito de propriedade (art. 5º) exigindo a análise jurídica da prevalência dos direitos coletivos e difusos sobre os individuais. Depreende-se da exegese constitucional acrescida da análise legal do Estatuto da Cidade que o direito de propriedade é composto pela função sócio-ambiental. De modo que a propriedade se esvazia de conteúdo quando seu uso gera danos ambientais. Mas, situações há em que o legislador, com vistas a proteger o meio ambiente, fixou áreas de preservação permanente, nos termos do artigo 2º do Código Florestal e ainda, especifica limitações na Lei de Parcelamento do Solo Urbano e Resoluções do CONAMA. Ocorre que faticamente muitos empreendimentos já restam construídos, outros licenciados e alguns lotes, sem projeto algum de construção, em áreas de preservação permanente nas margens de rios urbanos. Sob a égide constitucional e foco principiológico, primando pela conservação do meio ambiente, sem esvaziar o direito de propriedade, apresentam-se como possíveis soluções, para imóveis localizados em áreas de preservação permanente, às margens dos rios urbanos: a) ao proprietário de terreno baldio e sem licença para construção não resta direito à indenização; b) o proprietário que possui licença antes do advento da Lei de Parcelamento do Solo Urbano (1989), mas ainda não construiu o empreendimento, estará impedido de construir, todavia, resta-lhe direito a indenização pelos danos sofridos; c) o proprietário de edificações consolidadas, que por limitação administrativa não poderá reformar, ampliar ou demolir a área construída, resta-lhe indenização, nos termos da desapropriação indireta. Contudo a indenização não se apresenta como solução economicamente possível aos municípios, sendo mais adequada a transação via elaboração de termos de ajuste de conduta para possibilitar aos proprietários de imóveis consolidados e localizados em áreas de preservação permanente uma compensação pecuniária ou outorga onerosa de requalificação ambiental. / Submitted by Marcelo Teixeira (mvteixeira@ucs.br) on 2014-05-13T19:44:29Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Janaina Reckziegel.pdf: 2636443 bytes, checksum: 116e6c23a740e8ec027ab7f3eaeb90e5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-05-13T19:44:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Janaina Reckziegel.pdf: 2636443 bytes, checksum: 116e6c23a740e8ec027ab7f3eaeb90e5 (MD5) / The present study intends to examine if the limits to construction or reconstruction of real estate ventures in permanent preserving areas at river banks in an urban area, as a way of conserving the environment, brings about the civil responsibilities of the State for any possible harm suffered by the third party as the Federal Constitution of 1988 claims. It empowers the analysis made from bibliography research, the Brazilian Legislation, the theoretical concepts brought about by the doctrine and the positioning of the Brazilian courts. It has been clear that the industrialization process started at the Industrial Revolution changed cities into urban agglomerations which can cause irreversible impacts onto the environment. The technological era reached its limits, making it necessary to rethink the man s attitude in relation to the environment for the conservation of the existing natural resources. The legislation has evolved throughout history in the means of environmental protection. The peak is reached when the Federal Constitution of 1988 assigns constitutional status to the environment, entitling it as the fundamental right and property for common use among the people. Being knowledgeable of that constitutional prevision (article 225) also at the fundamental rights level, it is found the right of property (article 5th) demanding a legal analysis of the prevailing of collective and diffused rights over the individual ones. It is understood through the constitutional exegesis added by the legal analysis of the City Statute that the right of property is made up of the social environmental functions, so much that the property gets empty of subject when its use generates environmental damages. However, there are situations when the legislator, trying to protect the environment set areas of permanent conservation, as it is established in the 2nd Article of the Forest Code and, furthermore, it specifies limits in the Urban Land Parceling and Resolutions Law of CONAMA. It occurs that there are many enterprises which have already been built, others are licensee and some sites without any construction plan are located in permanent preserving areas at urban river banks. Under the constitutional support and the principle logic focus, priming for the environmental conservation, without emptying the right to property, they are presented as possible solutions for real estates located in permanent preserving areas, at the urban river banks: a) to the owner of unused plot of land and without construction license there is no right for compensation; b) the owner who has the license issued before the advent of the Urban Land Parceling Law (1989), but has not built the enterprise yet, it will not be allowed to build it, however, he has the right for compensation due to the harms suffered; c) the owner of consolidated building, who, because of administrative limits will not be allowed to remodel, extend or demolish the constructed area, will be reimbursed, in the terms of indirect dispossess. However, the compensation or reimbursement is not presented as an economically possible solution for the municipalities, being thus the transaction through elaboration of adjusting terms of procedure more adequate to make it possible for the owners of the consolidate real estates which are located in areas of permanent conservation a pecuniary compensation or onerous warrant of environmental re-qualification.

This research promotes an analysis of the social function of land ownership in Brazilian law. It argues that the concept of the social function of rural property is contained in the concept of productivity, but can not be without this social function, so that the term "productive property" contained in Art. 185, item II of the Constitution of 1988, is related to both economic and social aspects. It can be deducted from the systematic interpretation of Articles 185 and 186 of the Constitution, in line with the program constitutional under Articles 1, 3 and 170 of the Charter, through which is promoted the true meaning of the multidimensionality of the social function of rural property. So, the elements of the social function of landownership - the economic (rational and appropriate use), the environmental (appropriate use of natural resources and preservation of the environment) and social (observance of the rules that regulate labor relations and exploration that favors the welfare of owners and workers) - integrate the concept of productivity, so that it is at the same time, container and content of the social function of property. / Esta pesquisa promove uma análise da função social da propriedade rural no direito brasileiro. Sustenta-se a tese de que no conceito de função social da propriedade rural está contido o conceito de produtividade, o que não pode haver sem uma função social, de modo que a expressão "propriedade produtiva" contida no art. 185, inciso II, da Constituição Federal de 1988, diz respeito tanto ao requisito econômico quanto à sua dimensão social. É o que se pode deduzir da interpretação sistemática dos artigos 185 e 186 da Constituição, consentânea com o programa constitucional previsto nos artigos 1º, 3º e 170 da mesma Carta, através da qual se promove o verdadeiro alcance da multidimensionalidade da função social da propriedade rural. Assim, os elementos da função social da propriedade agrária o econômico (aproveitamento racional e adequado), o ambiental (utilização adequada dos recursos naturais e preservação do meio ambiente) e o social (observância das normas que regulam as relações de trabalho e exploração que favoreça o bem-estar dos proprietários e trabalhadores) integram o conceito de produtividade, de modo que ela é, ao mesmo tempo, continente e conteúdo da função social da propriedade.

Esta dissertação objetiva examinar se, a limitação a construção ou reforma de empreendimentos imobiliários nas áreas de preservação permanente às margens dos rios, em área urbana, como forma de preservação do meio ambiente, acarreta a responsabilidade civil do Estado por eventuais prejuízos sofridos por terceiros a partir da Constituição Federal de 1988. Instrumentam a análise, feita a partir de pesquisa bibliográfica, a legislação brasileira, os conceitos teóricos trazidos pela doutrina e o posicionamento dos tribunais pátrios. Tem-se claro que o processo de industrialização capitaneado a partir da Revolução Industrial transformou as cidades em aglomerações urbanas capazes de causarem irreversíveis impactos sócio-ambientais. A era tecnológica chegou ao seu limite, tornando necessário repensar a posição do homem em relação ao meio ambiente para conservação dos recursos naturais existentes. A legislação, no decorrer da história tem evoluído no sentido de tutela ao meio ambiente. Chega-se ao auge quando a Constituição Federal de 1988 atribui status constitucional ao meio ambiente, titulando-o como direito fundamental e bem de uso comum do povo. A par desta previsão constitucional (art. 225), também no patamar dos direitos fundamentais, encontra-se o direito de propriedade (art. 5º) exigindo a análise jurídica da prevalência dos direitos coletivos e difusos sobre os individuais. Depreende-se da exegese constitucional acrescida da análise legal do Estatuto da Cidade que o direito de propriedade é composto pela função sócio-ambiental. De modo que a propriedade se esvazia de conteúdo quando seu uso gera danos ambientais. Mas, situações há em que o legislador, com vistas a proteger o meio ambiente, fixou áreas de preservação permanente, nos termos do artigo 2º do Código Florestal e ainda, especifica limitações na Lei de Parcelamento do Solo Urbano e Resoluções do CONAMA. Ocorre que faticamente muitos empreendimentos já restam construídos, outros licenciados e alguns lotes, sem projeto algum de construção, em áreas de preservação permanente nas margens de rios urbanos. Sob a égide constitucional e foco principiológico, primando pela conservação do meio ambiente, sem esvaziar o direito de propriedade, apresentam-se como possíveis soluções, para imóveis localizados em áreas de preservação permanente, às margens dos rios urbanos: a) ao proprietário de terreno baldio e sem licença para construção não resta direito à indenização; b) o proprietário que possui licença antes do advento da Lei de Parcelamento do Solo Urbano (1989), mas ainda não construiu o empreendimento, estará impedido de construir, todavia, resta-lhe direito a indenização pelos danos sofridos; c) o proprietário de edificações consolidadas, que por limitação administrativa não poderá reformar, ampliar ou demolir a área construída, resta-lhe indenização, nos termos da desapropriação indireta. Contudo a indenização não se apresenta como solução economicamente possível aos municípios, sendo mais adequada a transação via elaboração de termos de ajuste de conduta para possibilitar aos proprietários de imóveis consolidados e localizados em áreas de preservação permanente uma compensação pecuniária ou outorga onerosa de requalificação ambiental. / The present study intends to examine if the limits to construction or reconstruction of real estate ventures in permanent preserving areas at river banks in an urban area, as a way of conserving the environment, brings about the civil responsibilities of the State for any possible harm suffered by the third party as the Federal Constitution of 1988 claims. It empowers the analysis made from bibliography research, the Brazilian Legislation, the theoretical concepts brought about by the doctrine and the positioning of the Brazilian courts. It has been clear that the industrialization process started at the Industrial Revolution changed cities into urban agglomerations which can cause irreversible impacts onto the environment. The technological era reached its limits, making it necessary to rethink the man s attitude in relation to the environment for the conservation of the existing natural resources. The legislation has evolved throughout history in the means of environmental protection. The peak is reached when the Federal Constitution of 1988 assigns constitutional status to the environment, entitling it as the fundamental right and property for common use among the people. Being knowledgeable of that constitutional prevision (article 225) also at the fundamental rights level, it is found the right of property (article 5th) demanding a legal analysis of the prevailing of collective and diffused rights over the individual ones. It is understood through the constitutional exegesis added by the legal analysis of the City Statute that the right of property is made up of the social environmental functions, so much that the property gets empty of subject when its use generates environmental damages. However, there are situations when the legislator, trying to protect the environment set areas of permanent conservation, as it is established in the 2nd Article of the Forest Code and, furthermore, it specifies limits in the Urban Land Parceling and Resolutions Law of CONAMA. It occurs that there are many enterprises which have already been built, others are licensee and some sites without any construction plan are located in permanent preserving areas at urban river banks. Under the constitutional support and the principle logic focus, priming for the environmental conservation, without emptying the right to property, they are presented as possible solutions for real estates located in permanent preserving areas, at the urban river banks: a) to the owner of unused plot of land and without construction license there is no right for compensation; b) the owner who has the license issued before the advent of the Urban Land Parceling Law (1989), but has not built the enterprise yet, it will not be allowed to build it, however, he has the right for compensation due to the harms suffered; c) the owner of consolidated building, who, because of administrative limits will not be allowed to remodel, extend or demolish the constructed area, will be reimbursed, in the terms of indirect dispossess. However, the compensation or reimbursement is not presented as an economically possible solution for the municipalities, being thus the transaction through elaboration of adjusting terms of procedure more adequate to make it possible for the owners of the consolidate real estates which are located in areas of permanent conservation a pecuniary compensation or onerous warrant of environmental re-qualification.

The fast track land reform programme resulted in a fundamental reorganisation of rural relations in Zimbabwe, changing the landscape in an irreversible way with people from diverse backgrounds converging on former white-owned farms. This thesis tells the story of how the newly resettled land beneficiaries are organising themselves socially in response to various economic challenges. It makes a contribution towards understanding how redistributive land reforms and local government restructuring influence rural social organisation and agency. Furthermore the study examines local perceptions on the meanings of the „farm‟ and „land redistribution‟. An utterance by one war veteran “what used to be your farm is now our land and you are free to take your farm but leave our land” provides an alternative rendition to contestations of restitution versus a purely farm productionist discourse. The study, through an analysis of primary and secondary data, provides a fresh understanding of the social outcomes of fast track. It traces the evolution of land and agrarian reforms in post-independence Zimbabwe and the political and social economic context that led to „fast track‟. Through an analysis of field findings the thesis is able to define the dominant social groups that were resettled during fast track and the challenges they face in utilising the land. The findings show that the majority of the land beneficiaries were from the customary areas, with limited agricultural experiences. Local cooperation within informal networks and local farmer groups has been identified as one of the ways in which social reproduction is being organised. These groups are responsible for enhancing production capacity but they face a number of constraints. The study derives its theoretical foundation from the post 1980s debates on rural society dominated by Mafeje (1993, 2003), Rahmato (1991) and Mamdani (1996). The debates centred on how institutions of inclusion, authority and cooperation such as the lineage groups, local farmer groups and traditional authority remain relevant in the organisation of post-independent rural African society especially in a context of increased commoditisation of rural relations of production. Using theoretical insights derived from analysing the role of the lineage groups in the allocation of critical resources such as land and the influence of traditional authority (indirect rule) as a form of local government, the study examines how social organisation is emerging in areas where neither lineage nor traditional authority are not dominant. The thesis of rural cooperation through local groups as advanced by Rahmato (1991) and Moyo (2002) provides partial insights into the response mechanisms that land beneficiaries invoke in this instance. It is not necessarily an autonomous space of organisation but rather the state is actively involved through various functionaries including extension officers who invariably advance a very productionist approach. The state‟s monopoly through its local functionaries hides its political cooptation effect by emphasising organisation for production without questioning the manner in which that production is externally controlled through limited rights over land, the state‟s monopoly over inputs supply and markets for commodities. Whilst land reform has been driven by local participation through land occupations, local government reform has been technocratically determined through Ministerial directives. There is however little innovation in the form of local government that is being introduced. It expands the fusion of authority between elected Rural District Councils and unelected traditional authority functionaries. The forms of social organisation and agency that have emerged remain subordinated to the state with no links to other networks of rural producers‟ associations and urban civil society organisations. These developments form part of a longheld tradition within the Zimbabwean state where the legitimacy of local organisation and authority is usurped to service the interests of the state. Thus whilst land reform has to a certain extent accommodated the majority poor, the ensuing local government and agrarian reforms are more focused on limiting their participation in broader processes of political engagement around distribution and accumulation and their own governance.

This thesis deals with the conceptualization of access to land by the dispossessed as a human right and commences with an account of the struggle for land between the peoples of African and European extractions in South Africa. It is observed that the latter assumed sovereignty over the ancestral lands of the former. The thesis discusses the theoretical foundation of the study and situates the topic within its conceptual parameters. The writer examines the notions of justice and equity in the context of the post apartheid constitutional mandate to redress the skewed policy of the past. It is argued that the dispossession of Africans from lands that they had possessed for thousands of years on the assumption that the land was terra nullius was profoundly iniquitous and unjust. Although the study is technically limited to dispossessions occurring on or after the 13th June 1913, it covers a fairly extensive account of dispossession predating this date. This historical analysis is imperative for two reasons. Besides supporting the writer’s contention that the limitation of restitution to land dispossessed on or after 1913 was arbitrary, it also highlights both the material and non-material cost of the devastating wars of dispossessions. The candidate comments extensively on the post apartheid constitutional property structure which was conceived as a redress to the imbalance created by dispossession. This underlying objective explains why the state’s present land policy is geared towards facilitating access to land for the landless. The thesis investigates the extent to which the present property structure which defines access to land as a human right has succeeded in achieving the stated objective. It reviews the strengths and weaknesses of the land restitution process as well as the question of the payment of just and equitable compensation for land expropriated for restitution. The latter was carefully examined because it plays a crucial role in the success or otherwise of the restitution scheme. The writer argues that the courts have, on occasions, construed just and equitable compensation generously. This approach has failed to reflect the moral component inherent in the Aristotelian corrective justice. This, in the context of South Africa, requires compensation to reflect the fact that what is being paid for is land dispossessed from the forebears of indigenous inhabitants. It seems obvious that the scales of justice are tilted heavily in favour of the propertied class whose ancestors were responsible for this dispossession. This has a ripple effect on the pace of the restitution process. It also seems to have the effect of favouring the property class at the expense of the entire restitution process. The candidate also comments on the court’s differing approaches to the interpretation of the constitutional property clause. The candidate contends that the construction of the property clause and related pieces of legislation in a manner that stresses the maintenance of a balance between private property interest and land reform is flawed. This contention is supported by the fact that these values do not have proportional worth in the present property context of South Africa. The narrow definition of “past racially discriminatory law and practices” and labour tenant as used in the relevant post apartheid land reform laws is criticized for the same reason of its uncontextual approach. A comparative appraisal of similar developments relating to property law in other societies like India and Zimbabwe has been done. The writer has treated the post reform land evictions as a form of dispossession. The candidate notes that the country should guard against allowing the disastrous developments in Zimbabwe to influence events in the country and calls for an amendment of the property clause of the constitution in response to the practical difficulties which a decade of the operation of the current constitution has revealed.

This dissertation critically examines how traditional leaders use cultural laws to allocate land to women and to allow women to participate in land administration in communal areas. Given the government's commitment to gender equity in all spheres of life as stipulated in Section 9 (3) of the South African Constitution (Act 108 of 1996), the dissertation examines whether related legislation and policy (such as CLARA and TLGFA) alone can guarantee equitable access to land for women and their participation in land administration structures in communal areas where patriarchy dominates. In essence, the study interrogates whether state intervention through formalizing laws that govern land matters do achieve gender equity while cultural laws still exist in communal areas. Based on the view that land in communal areas is held by the state and administered by traditional leaders who have historically discriminated against women, the dissertation employs a case study method to examine whether cultural laws are exercised when women apply for a piece of land at the three levels of traditional authority viz: village, sub-village and traditional council levels in the Matolweni village of the Nqadu Tribal Authority. Although women are often the de facto rights holders in rural areas as a result of male migration to urban areas, findings seem to indicate that it is difficult and/or sometimes impossible to translate paper laws into practice while cultural laws are still operating. For effective transformation to occur, the study recommends that unless a strong women's rural movement emerges, coupled with a socialist feminist position that advocates for a radical transformation of rural society to defeat the patriarchal norms and standards, traditional leaders will continue to discriminate against women in land issues.

Le droit de propriété est un pilier sur lequel s’appuie le droit fiscal et autour duquel s’articule la fiscalité patrimoniale. Il apparaît que l’optimisation fiscale n’est que l’amélioration des conséquences fiscales d’une opération juridique se fondant sur l’instrumentalisation du droit de propriété. Les techniques juridiques utilisées pour façonner le droit de propriété influent donc sur le traitement fiscal.Cette instrumentalisation du droit de propriété à des fins fiscales répond-elle cependant à une règle générale ? Cette règle générale permet -elle de classer les éléments d’instrumentalisation fiscale du droit de propriété ? Il apparaît que ces éléments ne constituent que des mécanismes juridiques consistant , soit en une déconstruction du droit lui-même ou de sa valeur, soit en une affectation juridique ou spatio-temporelle du droit de propriété. / Legal ownership is one of the main pillars on which tax law is based and around which property taxation revolves. It appears that tax optimisation is merely about improving the tax consequences of a legal operation based on the manipulation of legal ownership. The means used to shape the property rights affect the legal and tax consequences. Is such manipulation of legal ownership for tax purposes subject to a fixed rule? Does this rule allow to draw a categorisation of all instruments used in order to exploit legal ownership for tax purposes? It appears that these instruments are but legal mechanisms. They consist either in a deconstruction of ownership itself or of its value, or in a specific ownership assignment in legal or spatiotemporal terms.

Tide lands are owned by the Union, pursuant to art. 20, VII, of the Constitution of 1988. Despite this reference, the Constitution did not try to present the characteristic features of these assets, nor specifically ruled on its demarcation process, and these issues governed by constitutional legislation, in particular by Decree law No. 9760, issued in 1946. Since then, Brazil has owned four other beyond 1988. With this Constitution, rather than bring together the state of democratic experience, there was the so-called phenomenon of constitutionalization of Administrative Law. A new behavioral paradigm was established for Public Administration, which has been governed closely by constitutional rules, which elected the process as the primary form of performance of government agencies. The constituent power also took care to define the elements considered essential to the development of a fair trial, that beyond simple compliance to certain procedural specific regulations, is based on the firm commitment to carry out the fundamental rights of individuals. Given the new state model designed by the 1988 Constitution, imposed the need to promote a review of the various specific regulations on State processes in order to conform them to existing constitutional requirements. And this opportunity, especially the temporal distance from when edited Decree-Law No. 9,760 / 1946, as well as the anti-democratic context in the midst of which was issued, the review of the normative discipline of demarcation activity of tide lands appeared as urgent measure. Rereading promoted this work was guided by axiological vector announced from the constitutional preamble: the realization of justice and fundamental rights of individuals, in particular where the right to property and the procedural. Although that lacks Decree Law update, this measure does not seem essential, since their harmonization with the constitutional provisions and the provisions of Law No. 9,784 / 1999, which can be performed only from hermeneutical resources, which must honor the supremacy and the normative force of the Constitution. It follows, first of all, the requirement that the demarcation activity is promoted without remission or emptying of the procedural formula. Your result should pinpoint the location of tide lands with strict attention to the essential elements that make up the legal concept of this institute: the spatial framework, which is the line is the average of high tides, the temporal reference to the year 1831 and finally the systematic calculation of those averages. Should not interest the Union, as one of the entities that embodies the state, as its state even one square centimeter beyond what the Constitution gave it, as this would represent a breach of the duty of protection to which it is bound, and that overlaps any secondary interest, notably revenue collection. The due process of demarcation, which meets all requirements of legal and constitutional framework, is therefore the only instrument able to promote necessary and possible harmonization between the interests of the Union and individuals in general. / Os terrenos de marinha são de propriedade da União, conforme dispõe o art. 20, VII, da Constituição de 1988. A despeito dessa referência, o texto constitucional não tratou de apresentar os elementos característicos desses bens, nem dispôs especificamente sobre o seu processo de demarcação, estando essas questões disciplinadas pela legislação infraconstitucional, em especial pelo Decreto-lei n.º 9.760, expedido em 1946. Desde então, o Brasil já possuiu outras quatro, além da Constituição de 1988. Com esta, mais do que a reaproximação do Estado da experiência democrática, verificou-se o fenômeno que se convencionou chamar de constitucionalização do Direito Administrativo. Um novo paradigma de comportamento foi estabelecido para a Administração Pública, que passou a ser regulada bem de perto pelas normas constitucionais, as quais elegeram o processo como forma primordial de atuação dos órgãos do Estado. O Poder Constituinte também cuidou de definir os elementos que considerou essenciais para o desenvolvimento de um processo justo, que além da simples observância a determinados regramentos procedimentais, fundamenta-se no firme compromisso de realizar os direitos fundamentais dos indivíduos. Diante do novo modelo de Estado desenhado pela Constituição de 1988, impôs-se a necessidade de se promover uma revisão dos diversos regramentos dos processos estatais, de modo a conformá-los às normas constitucionais vigentes. E a este ensejo, sobretudo pela distância temporal desde quando editado o Decreto-lei n.º 9.760/1946, bem como pelo contexto antidemocrático em meio ao qual foi expedido, o reexame da disciplina normativa da atividade demarcatória dos terrenos de marinha se apresentava como medida inadiável. A releitura promovida neste trabalho foi orientada pelo vetor axiológico anunciado desde o preâmbulo constitucional: a realização da justiça e dos direitos fundamentais dos indivíduos, no caso especial o direito de propriedade e os processuais. Embora o referido Decreto-lei careça de atualização, tal providência não se mostra imprescindível, pois sua harmonização com as normas constitucionais e com as disposições da Lei n.º 9.784/1999, é passível de ser realizada apenas a partir de recursos hermenêuticos, os quais devem prestigiar a supremacia e a força normativa da Constituição. Disso decorre, antes de tudo, a obrigação de que a atividade de demarcação seja promovida sem a dispensa ou o esvaziamento da fórmula processual. O seu resultado deve apontar a localização dos terrenos de marinha com estrita atenção aos elementos essenciais que integram o conceito legal desse instituto: o marco espacial, que é a linha correspondente à média das preamares, a referência temporal ao ano de 1831, e, por fim, a sistemática de cálculo daquela média. Não deve interessar à União, como um dos entes que personifica o Estado, afirmar como seu sequer um centímetro quadrado além daquilo que a Constituição lhe conferiu, pois isso representaria o descumprimento do dever de proteção ao qual ela se encontra vinculada, e que se sobrepõe a qualquer interesse secundário, notadamente o arrecadatório. O justo processo de demarcação, que observe todos os requisitos estabelecidos no ordenamento jurídico-constitucional, é, portanto, o único instrumento apto a promover a necessária e possível harmonização entre os interesses da União e dos indivíduos em geral.

Plusieurs initiatives d’origines européenne et nationale ont contribué à l’émergence d’un nouveau concept en droit d’auteur : l’œuvre transformatrice. La récurrence et la persistance des débats en la matière prouvent que ce concept ne traduit pas qu’un phénomène conjoncturel. Ces raisons conduisent en conséquence à lui consacrer une étude afin de déterminer la pertinence de l’admission de ce concept en droit d’auteur. L’étude débute par le constat que certains auteurs travaillent en s’adossant volontairement à une ou plusieurs œuvres originelles créées par autrui, qu’ils intègrent à leur processus créatif, aboutissant ainsi à la création d'une œuvre nouvelle. Ces pratiques d’emprunt créatif à l’œuvre d’autrui ont désormais pris une dimension particulière. Celle-ci s’explique d’une part par le développement du numérique. D’autre part, une partie du public, soit les destinataires des œuvres, souhaite participer activement à la création et revendique le droit d’utiliser les œuvres d’autrui comme autant de moyens d’expression et de création. Le législateur a certes envisagé l’hypothèse dans laquelle une œuvre nouvelle procède d'une œuvre préexistante au travers de la catégorie légale des œuvres composites. Cependant, les dispositions éparses qui lui sont consacrées souffrent d’une terminologie et d’un régime imprécis qui n’ont jamais fait l’objet d’une étude juridique approfondie. L’émergence du concept d’œuvre transformatrice illustre l’importance théorique et pratique de remettre en cause cette catégorie légale des œuvres composites. Aussi, la délimitation du concept suppose, dans un premier temps, une nécessaire remise en cause des catégories traditionnelles qui constituent les piliers du droit d'auteur, ainsi que les impératifs auxquels la constitution de ce monopole doit répondre. Cette lecture renouvelée aboutit à circonscrire la notion fonctionnelle d’œuvre transformatrice. Loin de se cantonner à proposer une nouvelle version de l’œuvre originelle, l’auteur de l’œuvre transformatrice exprime une opinion sur l’œuvre d’autrui, en induisant un décalage avec celle-ci. Bien souvent, il a réalisé son œuvre sans l’autorisation de l’auteur de l’œuvre originelle, et leurs droits entrent alors en conflit. Dans un second temps, l’étude s’attelle à appréhender ce conflit de droits. Le droit positif s’avère limité, de sorte qu’il faut affiner l’analyse juridique du lien unissant ces deux auteurs en l’enrichissant de la comparaison avec des mécanismes extérieurs au droit d’auteur, et d’autres issus du droit comparé. En définitive, c’est par le mécanisme de l’exception au droit d’auteur que l’on trouvera le moyen de concilier de manière pérenne les droits de l’auteur originel et ceux de l’auteur de l’œuvre transformatrice. / Transformative work is a new concept in copyright law that is emerging from several recent initiatives across Europe. The recurring debate on this concept indicates that it is not short-lived and highlights the need for a strategy to define a suitable legal framework. The purpose of this study is to assess the relevance of including the concept of transformative works in French and European Union copyright law. The starting point is authors’ integration of original works created by third parties in their creative process so as to generate new pieces of work. These practices are increasing in occurrence, with the rise of the digital age being one explanation of their prevalence. Furthermore, the public appreciates the value of these works and wishes to maintain the right to use third party works as a means of creative expression. The legislator has envisaged categorising new work inspired from pre-existing work as derivative and composite work. Nevertheless, the scarce arrangements that have been developed lack a proper framework and a detailed legal study has yet to be undertaken. The emergence of the concept of transformative work highlights the practical and theoretical need to challenge the legal definition of derivative and composite work. Far from offering a new derived version of the original piece of work, the author of a transformative work expresses an opinion on the third party work, by inserting a differentiating element. Therefore, the format of expression and content justify the legal analysis between the author of the original piece of work and the author of the transformative work. As such, framing the concept involves in the first instance, questioning the traditional pillars of copyright law and their requirements. This new understudy leads to the framing of the definition of transformative work. Secondly, this study focusses on how several copyright laws can co-exist. The content of positive law is limited and therefore, the study helps develop the concept of transformative work by comparing external mechanisms of both copyright and comparative law.In conclusion, incorporating transformative work into copyright law is based on the exception mechanism of copyright law.