A lei orgânica do município de Juiz de Fora (1990-2010): um novo contrato social? Uma reflexão histórico-crítica

Abstract

The present study sought to address the Municipal Organic Law of Juiz de Fora, the Municipal Constitution, in view of the establishment of a Social Contract signed by the whole of this city's society, identifying its historical process of formulation and review. Therefore, we analyse the social transformations in the Modern State, through classic thinkers' conceptions, to subsequently evaluate the legal framework of a social contract in contemporary Brazil, current decentralization and corporatism. At the end, to deepen in the Organic Law of Juiz de Fora from 1990 and its review in 2010, beginning with the categories social rights, democracy and popular participation, designing a comparative table and characterizing their relevance and challenges, at the political actors involved view and the prospect of setting up a step towards the political emancipation in the Municipality‟s reality.