This article introduces itself into the contemporary debate on the right to the city from two analytical perspectives: first, legal-institutional, is based on the City Statute, a Brazilian legislation approved in 2001; the second, theoretical, involves the classic debate about rights and citizenship, especially the contributions of Thomas Marshall and Norberto Bobbio to it. These perspectives, which are fundamental for the improvement of the theoretical debate on the right to the city, are scarcely present in the current discussion about that topic.
Right to the City; Urban Space; Social Function of Property; City Statute; Social Rights