... not be taken into action in courts. They are non-legal rules. One example of this is the power of the monarch. The Queen has the power to choose her Prime Minister and she has power to suspend government. Royal assent must be given by the queen to all legislation. However in reality we do not see the exercise of that power but it is by convention that the Queen listens to the advice given by her Prime Minister, who is not appointed by her. Currently, Tony Blair is the current prime minister due to the fact that the Labor party had the most members of parliament therefore the leader of that party becomes the Prime Minister. All these occur due to constitutional conventions that the Queen should not be in favor of one political party and she should not become politically involved. Judicial precedent does not establish these non-legal rules and ...

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