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Politics & Government

Constitutional Conventions and Unwritten Political Practices

Quick fact

In the United Kingdom, no law requires the monarch to grant Royal Assent to bills passed by Parliament, but the last time a monarch refused was in 1708—an unwritten convention has governed that act for over 300 years.

Why this is interesting

You know that a Prime Minister can schedule an election or declare war—but did you know that these decisions are not actually governed by any written law? The real rules are invisible.