Should Constitutional Conventions Be Codified?
Channel: Lindsay Stirton
Date: 2020-09-23

Examines the question of whether constitutional conventions should be codified. Motivates the discussion with one of David Allen Green's columns in the Financial Times, arguing that conventions that could be abused by the executive should be "put on a sounder footing, by legislation if necessary." Then looks at the Jamaican constitution which does attempt to codify the British convention. 

David Allen Green, 'How To Protect the UK Constitution from Johnson and Cummings'. Financial Times. 
https://www.ft.com/content/b6791632-d85a-11e9-8f9b-77216ebe1f17

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