»Fundamental Social Rights without Principles or Balancing. Developed with an Example in the Fundamental Right to Social Welfare in Brazil«: The present study is critically concerned with the reception of Robert Alexy's theory of principles as a model of dogmatics for fundamental social rights in Brazil, based on the differences between Germany and Brazil, from the point of view of positive constitutional law. In response to this inadequacy, general lines for a dogmatic of fundamental social rights in Brazil will be proposed in dialogue with the category of >Grundrechtsausgestaltung<.