... or of other officials." On the face of it then, constitutional conventions seem a vital part in governing the government. Rules to regulate the regulators. On closer inspection however, we see that they are (i) not written down, (ii) not enforceable by law, (iii) as a result of the second point, easily broken, and (iv) not even written down. Dicey insists that they are not '"laws" in the true sense of that word, for if any or all of them were broken no court would take any notice of their violation".1 From these four points one might think that they have no importance whatsoever at present, and that codifying them into a written constitution would give them more power, which at present they do not have. Although you would be forgiven for making this point based on the simple evidence at hand, commentators still argue their constitutional importance. Perhaps, before ...

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