Chapter 2 Key facts checklists
● The primary sources of constitutional law are the common law, statutes, European Union (EU) law, decisions of the European Court of Human Rights, and the law and custom of Parliament.
● These legal rules play an important role in the process of government.
● Vitally important parts of the process of government in the UK are regulated by binding political rules and practices called ‘constitutional conventions’.
● There is an identifiable distinction between binding constitutional conventions and non-binding ‘practices’.
● Some writers suggest that they can be recognized and stated with precision by applying the appropriate test.
● The courts have no jurisdiction to grant a remedy where the sole basis of the claim is that a constitutional convention has been breached.
● The only way a constitutional convention can become law is by statute.