00:00Done. A law amending the regulations governing associations had established a mechanism allowing, in particular, the prefect to oppose
00:06the legal constitution of certain associations.
00:08The Constitutional Council has been asked to review this law and must determine whether the legislature was entitled to infringe upon it in this way.
00:14freedom of association.
00:16Legal issue. Does freedom of association possess constitutional value allowing the Constitutional Council to censure a
00:22law that infringes upon it?
00:24Solution. The Constitutional Council recognizes freedom of association as a fundamental principle recognized by the laws of the Republic. It therefore censures the legislative provisions that pertain to it.
00:32infringement upon this freedom.
00:34Scope. This decision is fundamental because it truly enshrines the body of constitutional law.
00:39Constitutional review no longer focuses solely on the text of the 1958 Constitution; it also extends
00:46to its preamble and to the standards to which it refers.
00:49This development would later have great importance for administrative law.
