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Constitution And Social Security In Brazil:Resumption And A Step Forward, Carlos Luiz Strapazzon

Carlos Luiz Strapazzon

The Brazilian system of social security rights might be understood from four diferents stages. Three of them yet experienced and one still under development. The first one is the legislative model of pension rights and health rights from the pre-constitutional period. The second one is the constitutional design for social security rights, as set forth by the National Constituent Assembly (1987-88). The third is a liberal model regulating the constitutional rights during the nineties. The fourth is the social security human rights oriented model which is still under development, based upon political critics to the third model and underpinned upon …