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Question: “Constitutional Conventions are archaic and serve no useful purpose in the contemporary constitution.” Discuss
Answer: A Constitution can be basically defined as, “a body of rules which regulates the system of government within a state,1” ( Papworth, N, 2006, pg. 3), this means that a constitution is the rules that are given out in order to allocate correctly, powers and responsibilities through the officers of the government. In UK we have an unwritten constitution, another way of saying this is, that we have quite a few “non legal conventional rules”2, (Marshall G, 2001, pg 4). Considering the fact that conventions mainly deal with the duties and relations of the officers of Government. Many question how particular conventions work in the modern present day. Since conventions play a very important role in the Government of UK, providing not only a basic framework for the political accoun......(short extract)
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Details: - Mark: Not available | Course: Constitutional and Administrative Law | Year: 1st | Words: 1015 | References: Yes | Date written: August, 2010 | Date submitted: July 07, 2011 | Coursework ID: 694
