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A new Constitution of the United Kingdom - What options face the Commission on what to recommend about convention, and which course of action would be preferable?  

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Public Law A (hypothetical) Constitutional Commission is considering how (if at all) constitutional conventions might be incorporated into the draft of a new Constitution of the United Kingdom. What options face the Commission on what to recommend about convention, and which course of action would be preferable? To answer this essay question, one must first define the meaning of constitution conventions and its general characteristics, and then describe the current system of the United Kingdom constitution. In order to identify the options that will face the Commission, I will look at the incorporation of conventions into the Australian Constitution to identify the course of action that might be preferable. The term constitutional convention is defined by Dicey as "conventions, understandings, habits or practices which, though they may regulate the conduct of the several members of the sovereign power...are not in reality laws at all since they are not enforced by the courts."...

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