O Interdictum Quod Vi Aut Clam, Instrumento de Protecção de Recursos Naturais

Abstract

Due to its ductility, the interdictum quod vi aut clam played an important environmental role in Roman Law, particularly preventing water pollution and tree felling. It was a legal remedy by way of which the praetor, helped by the iurisprudentes, allowed citizens to simultaneously protect their own rights and the environment. Lessons can be learned from it, as modern Private Law systems don’t encompass such ingenious remedies.