Pessoa jurídica consumidora: um problema de interpretação

Abstract

For the reason that legal persons are entitled to judicial relief within Brazil s Consumer Code whenever they act as consumers, this essay outlines (i) the extension of such judicial relief and (ii) the conditions for obtaining such legal protection. As a result, this essay takes for granted that investigating (i) and (ii) fundamentally depends on (but not limited to) interpreting article 2 of Federal Law no. 8,078 (Brazil s Consumer Code). Ever since the questions arising from the legal person acting as a consumer deal with interpretation, the essay adopts a position with respect to the nature of the interpretation process and applies it to legal norms governing the legal person when it acts as a consumer. The essay is split in three parts. The first one deals with analyzing the ideas of interpretation , person in legal sense , man , right holder and legal person . Following that, on the second part the so-called hermeneutical vectors deemed applicable are enumerated (a hermeneutical vector stands for a line of reasoning which points hence vector to a specific interpretative choice). In the third and last section, interpretation of judicial norms dealing with the legal person as a consumer takes place, as well as an analysis of relevant Brazilian jurisprudence