Revisitando quatro categorias fundamentais: estado de direito, estado liberal, estado social e democracia

Abstract

This paper establishes a conceptual framework related to the designations State of Law, Liberal State, Welfare State and Democracy, seeking to assess whether the Brazilian State refounded by the Federal Constitution of 1988 allows himself to qualify as a Welfare State. The methodology used was a bibliographical review of the books Do Estado Liberal ao Estado Social, with further reading of the book Teoria do Estado, both by Paulo Bonavides, and A luta pelo Estado de Direito, by Pablo Lucas Verdú. It is a theoretical, bibliographic and descriptive research, which ends with an analysis of the applicability of those concepts for the understanding of the current brazilian State model.