Qualquer forma de amor vale amar: a união poliafetiva e as perspectivas de reconhecimento e proteção no ordenamento jurídico brasileiro

Abstract

This final work of completing a Bachelor's Degree in Law aims to discuss possibilities and conceptions about the recognition and legal protection of a new kind of family configuration, called Poliamor. It seeks to identify specific and implicit principles of the Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil of 1988 and the interpretation of the Civil Code of 2002, which can support this perspective of recognition, such as the existence of a plurality of family units, as well as guaranteeing them the respect and protection due to this type of family in the legal system. It is a study of bibliographical and documentary nature that used the literature review procedure through articles dealing with on-screen themes, such as legislation, academic productions and legal literature. It shows a panorama on the understanding and transformations in the concept of family, inserts this discussion in the bulge of the relations between monogamy, power, control of sexuality and economic perspective. This discussion allows to argue about the necessity and possibility of effective legal protection of the various family arrangements as a form of compliance by the State of its role of guarantor of Citizenship Rights to all subjects and population segments.