A Constitutional Commission is considering how Constitutional conventions might be incorporated into the new draft of a new constitution of the United Kingdom. What options face the commission on what to recommend about conventions, and which course of ac
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A (hypothetical) Constitutional Commission is considering how (if at all) Constitutional conventions might be incorporated into the new draft of a new constitution of the United Kingdom. What options face the commission on what to recommend about conventions, and which course of action would be preferable? The question of introducing a written constitution is a question fraught with difficulties as it is. The questions of whom should draft it? And what should go into it? Are all questions that would arise. It is certain that conventions too would also feature as a major question mark. As they stand at the moment, conventions are very difficult subject. There is not even unanimous concurrence as to what they actually are amongst academics. Their constitutional importance, however, is undisputed and the main argument must be whether or not they are codified into any written constitution that the UK may adopt. A loose term...

