Book of Donmon Teith

Conventions are fundamental to the constitutional systems of parliamentary democracies. Unlike the United States which adopted a republican form of government,

This book explores how the governmental elites in Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa understand their Westminster system. It examines in

The extension to other Realms of the reserve power to refuse a dissolution

Constitutional conventions precede law and make law making possible, but attempting to define them is politically risky yet increasingly necessary.