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Explain how constitutional conventions differ from laws and discuss, with the use of examples, their general purpose and importance. In the country we live in, Britain, there is no such thing as a written constitution. Relying on the basis of legal rules, our constitution is spread out in many written sources of constitutional law as the legislation (acts of parliament for example) and judicial precedents (decisions of the European Court of Justice in relation to Community law). However, there are also rules observed by the Sovereign, Prime Minister, other ministers, members of parliaments, judges and civil servants, which are not included in any judicial decisions or Acts, called constitutional conventions. It is difficult to define what are also named the rules of morality due to the different opinions given by distinct men in political life. Dicey delineate them as "understandings, habits or practices"1 while G. Marshall believes "conventions are non-legal...

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