# Law on associations (1901)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1901-law-on-associations
Location: France

The law broadened civil association rights while regulating religious congregations. Within the broader Third Republic period, The Third Republic survived war, the Commune, constitutional crises and fierce ideological conflict. It expanded mass schooling and empire, faced the Dreyfus Affair, fought World War I and entered the troubled interwar era. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Émile Loubet (President of the French Republic). Law on associations mattered because it changed the legal or constitutional framework within which French institutions and citizens operated. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Law on associations mattered because it changed the legal or constitutional framework within which French institutions and citizens operated.

Ruler at the time: [Émile Loubet](https://history-france.com/rulers/emile-loubet)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Law on associations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Law+on+associations&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Law on associations](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Law+on+associations)
- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)