%0 Article %A Franco Neme, Eliana %D 2007 %T O federalismo como sistema de proteção dos direitos fundamentais %U https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=4818302 %X The independence movements of the American colonies were the trigger to the creation of a new model of state organization, which with firm purpose of giving prestige to the fundamental rights, without exaggeratedly limiting the independence newly conquered, introduced the feudalism. The main idea of this paper is to associate the protection of the fundamental rights to the development of the theories that disciplined this new model of structuring of power.