A Matriz Oculta do Direito Moderno: crítica do constitucionalismo contemporâneo

In this paper I try to exhibit Law’s hidden matrix: the state of exception inwhich we live – and the correspondent bare life – discussing relations between Lawand power. To prove it, I aim to show how the liberal tradition – matrix of the recentconstitutional theory – hides this phenomenon, being incapable to explain how exactly those who feels more deeply the violence of State – poor people, immigrants, etc. – are evidently out of the supposed contract.