... non-legal rules are more important in constitution behaviour as it is observed by the Sovereign, Prime Minister and other ministers, judges and civil servants. A wide variety of names was applied by constitutional writers to these non-legal rules such as "the positive morality of constitution"1, "a whole system of political morality, a whole code of precepts for the guidance of public man2" and more. Dicey concluded them as "conventions, understandings, habits or practices which, though they may regulate the conduct of the several members of the sovereign power, are not in reality laws at all since they are not enforced by the courts"3. Sir Kenneth defined conventions as "a rule of behaviour accepted as obligatory by those concerned in the working of the constitution"4. However, Dicey defined conventions negatively. He claimed that not all practices and usages are conventions unless generally acknowledge by those involved in the constitutional relationship ...

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