{"id":1774,"date":"2026-05-13T21:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T00:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/murillogutier.com.br\/?p=1774"},"modified":"2026-05-13T21:38:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T00:38:57","slug":"constitutional-law-constitutional-structure-of-the-brazilian-state-murillo-gutier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/murillogutier.com.br\/?p=1774","title":{"rendered":"Constitutional Law: Constitutional Structure of the Brazilian State \u2013 Murillo Gutier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Constitutional Structure of the Brazilian State<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Structural Analysis of the Organization of the State under the 1988 Constitution<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Prof. Murillo Gutier<\/strong><br>E-mail: murillo@gutier.adv.br<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">This study examines the constitutional structure of the Brazilian State through a systematic analysis of the fundamental categories of state organization. The work distinguishes four essential dimensions: the <strong>form of State<\/strong> (territorial distribution of power), the <strong>form of government<\/strong> (relationship between rulers and the ruled), the <strong>system of government<\/strong> (relationship among constituted Powers), and the <strong>political regime<\/strong> (bond between the people and decision-making processes). Brazil is simultaneously characterized as a federated State, a Republic, a presidential system, and a democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">The article provides a comprehensive analysis of <strong>Brazilian federalism<\/strong>, tracing its historical development from the Proclamation of the Republic in 1889 through the 1988 Constitution. It examines the features of the federation, including the <strong>distribution of competences<\/strong> among the Union, States, Federal District, and Municipalities, as well as the constitutional provisions governing the organization of each federative entity. The study systematizes the constitutional articles on state organization (Articles 18 to 36), covering political-administrative organization, common prohibitions, assets and powers, and mechanisms of federal and state intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\"><strong>Keywords:<\/strong> form of State \u2013 form of government \u2013 system of government \u2013 political regime \u2013 federalism \u2013 Brazilian federalism \u2013 federation \u2013 confederation \u2013 distribution of competences \u2013 constitutional organization \u2013 separation of powers<\/p>\n\n\n<a  data-e-Disable-Page-Transition=\"true\" class=\"download-link\" title=\"Vers\u00e3o murillo gutier\" href=\"https:\/\/murillogutier.com.br?download=1773&amp;tmstv=1778762580\" rel=\"nofollow\" id=\"download-link-1773\" data-redirect=\"false\" >\n\tConstitutional Structure of the Brazilian State - Murillo Gutier\t(2 downloads\t)\n<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Constitutional Structure of the Brazilian State Structural Analysis of the Organization of the State under the 1988 Constitution Prof. Murillo GutierE-mail: murillo@gutier.adv.br Abstract This study examines the constitutional structure of the Brazilian State through a systematic analysis of the fundamental categories of state organization. The work distinguishes four essential dimensions: the form of State (territorial &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/murillogutier.com.br\/?p=1774\" class=\"more-link\">Continue lendo<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Constitutional Law: Constitutional Structure of the Brazilian State \u2013 Murillo Gutier&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"saved_in_kubio":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[634,636,639,638,633,635,630,629,632,141,640,631,637],"class_list":["post-1774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-direito-constitucional","tag-brazilian-federalism","tag-confederation","tag-constitutional-organization","tag-distribution-of-competences","tag-federalism","tag-federation","tag-form-of-government","tag-form-of-state","tag-political-regime","tag-separation-of-powers","tag-state-organization","tag-system-of-government","tag-unitary-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/murillogutier.com.br\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/murillogutier.com.br\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/murillogutier.com.br\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murillogutier.com.br\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murillogutier.com.br\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1774"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/murillogutier.com.br\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1779,"href":"https:\/\/murillogutier.com.br\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1774\/revisions\/1779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/murillogutier.com.br\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murillogutier.com.br\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murillogutier.com.br\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}