The Brazilian Constitution of 1988 was normatively generous, although the effectiveness of several of its standards depends on legislative complementation by the legislator. And, such a task, to be first and initially executed by the National Congress, ended by associating the characteristic and tradition of Brazilian Legislative Power, linked to the development of countless laws, based on more next influence Roman Germanic-about the formation of the Brazilian Law. In this scenario, the Director Plan, laid down in the same Constitution of the Republic as a basic instrument for the achievement of urban policy at the municipal level, assumed fundamental role from the moment in which the Status of the City, like a Constitution complementation, has taken its toll on the effectiveness of several of its standards to the existence of the aforementioned Plan Director. And this, law of fundamental importance, but still underutilized, deserves special consideration, especially, specifically, those related to municipalities that will receive the 2014 World Cup. Its examination is a crucial step for a legally precise and critical analysis about how the legal system and the Brazilian society is approaching and experiencing the development and urban growth in their cities.
