A conversation between Menelick de Carvalho Netto and Juarez Guimarães in the framework of the 30 years of the 1988 Constitution

• Autor(a) principal: Megali Neto, Almir
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Holl, Jessica, Carvalho, Rayann Kettuly Massahud de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Ciências do Estado (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/revice/article/view/e20030
• topic: Menelick de Carvalho Netto; 30 anos da Constituição; Juarez Guimarães; Menelick de Carvalho Netto; Juarez Guimarães; 30 years of the Constitution; 30 años de la Constitución; Menelick de Carvalho Netto

This work aims to juxtapose the main ideas exposed by Professors Menelick de Carvalho Netto and Juarez Guimarães about the 30th anniversary of the 1988 Constitution, present in their articles contained in the book“O Que Constituímos? Homenagem a Menelick de Carvalho Netto nos 30 Anos da Constituição de 1988” and in the interviews they granted to the Revista de Ciências do Estado of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (in the years 2018 and 2019). From the study of these works, it can be concluded that, although their conceptions about the Brazilian Constitution initially indicated a divergence, in fact both demonstrate the same constitutional loyalty, starting, however, from distinct concepts about the very idea of constitutionalism. And, from this dialogue, it is also possible to conclude that it is necessary to understand the current moment of Brazilian constitutionalism on the basis of the achievements obtained with the  Constitution inaugurated in 1988. Thus, it is imperative to use the Constitution itself, placed in a moment of special tension, as a tool for the defense of democracy and the constitutional order.