Urbi et orbi: Cooperativism as a practical expresión of the principle of subsidiarity

  • Guilherme Krueger State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Pedro Ribeiro State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18543/baidc.2264
Keywords: cooperatives, principle of subsidiarity, community personalism

Abstract

The ecclesiastical magisterium on the social doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church relates the salvific importance of cooperation with the principle of subsidiarity, which considers the degree and mode of State intervention for the common good. This teaching finds in cooperativism a form of integration between science and faith in a practical reason for economically organized communities. The principle of subsidiarity does not find positivity in a specific provision of the Federal Constitution of Brazil. But the contemplation there of the freedom to establish cooperatives as a fundamental guarantee of citizenship combined with the mandate to the State to encourage and promote cooperatives in the constitutional economic order are eloquent of what can be inferred that Brazilian law recognizes the excellence of cooperatives expressed in Christian theology in terms of the radically communitarian character of happy life in society. Hence, it can be concluded that the principle of subsidiarity is implicitly incorporated into the body of the Democratic State of Law in Brazil.

Received: 23 November 2021
Accepted: 19 April 2022

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Author Biographies

Guilherme Krueger, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Mestre em Filosofia e doutor em Direito Penal.  Pesquisador do Núcleo de Fenomenologia Aplicada ao Direito e à Política.

Pedro Ribeiro, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Mestrando em filosofia política (UERJ) e professor de filosofia e sociologia na rede básica de ensino.

 

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Published
2022-07-28
How to Cite
Krueger, Guilherme, and Pedro Ribeiro. 2022. “Urbi Et Orbi: Cooperativism As a Practical expresión of the Principle of Subsidiarity”. International Association of Cooperative Law Journal, no. 60 (July), 191-219. https://doi.org/10.18543/baidc.2264.
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