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Constitutional and Administrative Law: Q2- Are conventions more than mere habits and do they serve a useful purpose?Give relevant examples. According to Sir Ivor Jennings, conventions “provide the flesh which clothes
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Constitutional and Administrative Law: Q2- Are conventions more than mere habits and do they serve a useful purpose? Give relevant examples. According to Sir Ivor Jennings, conventions "provide the flesh which clothes the dry bones of law"1. Although this may be an over enthusiastic metaphor, it illustrates the wide recognition and appreciation of the purposes served by conventions. Conventions are certainly a significant feature of our constitution as they are observed by the Prime Minister, Sovereign, Ministers, Judges and Civil Servants. Conventions are not necessarily enforceable by the law courts but they do have a successful record in their ability to guide political morality, behaviour of public men, and judicial interpretation. The legal and political weight carried by conventions is therefore easily observable. Conventions can be derived from the formulation of political practices in the 18th century and towards the end of the 19th century, and the successful integration of...
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