In 1971, the Constitutional Council, arguing that the preamble of the Constitution referenced the rights defined in the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and the preamble of the 1946 Constitution, concluded that statutes must respect these rights and declared partially unconstitutional a statute because it violated freedom of association.
En 1971, o Consello Constitucional, alegando que o preámbulo da Constirución fai referencia aos dereitos recollidos en 1789 na Declaración dos dereitos do home e do cidadán e tamén a Constitución de 1979, concluiu que os estatutos debían respectar eses dereitos e declarou parcialmente inconstitucional unha lei, porque violaba a Liberdade de asociación.