The Republican Commitment Contract for Associations in France: Further Restrictions on Freedom of Association

The Republican Commitment Contract for Associations in France: Further Restrictions on Freedom of Association

Vanessa BARBÉ

The right to freedom of association is a major fundamental right in France since a landmark decision of the Constitutional Court in 1971. In this decision, the Court held not only that freedom of association was a constitutional right, but also that the Constitutional Court could overrule an Act of Parliament...

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The Polish paradox: Freedom of association as the supreme value even at the expense of adequate supervision

The Polish paradox: Freedom of association as the supreme value even at the expense of adequate supervision

Filip CYUNCZYK

When in 2014, the District Court in Białystok dismissed the prosecutor's application to outlaw the association of the local football club's fans, in its ruling, it not only emphasised the fundamental value of associations in a democratic state...

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The South African Constitutional Court’s Developing Conceptualisations of Freedom of Association

The South African Constitutional Court’s Developing Conceptualisations of Freedom of Association

Sahara NANKAN

Section 18 of the South African Constitution states that, ‘everyone has a right to freedom of association’ . Over the past 28 years the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court of South Africa has sought to give meaning to this textually broad right...

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Introducing a New Blog Symposium: Exploring Freedom of Association Collaboratively

Introducing a New Blog Symposium: Exploring Freedom of Association Collaboratively

Maria CAHILL & Cinzia RUGGERI

Freedom of association is an unusual fundamental right because it protects individuals in their sociality rather than in their individuality. The connection between individuality and sociality inherent in freedom of association has not yet been fully confronted by courts...

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