This article explores the statement that the constitutional order in force since the promulgation of the Federal Constitution of 1988 epitomizes the social indeterminacy of law. This concept brings together empirical and normative dimensions: multifarious arenas of decision-making tailored to estabilization of expectations and struggles for justification about political interpretation of legal norms.
Federal Constitution of 1988; social indeterminacy of law; democratic constitution; democracy
