In 1997, when I tutored on the Constitutional Law course at Liverpool Uni and was only ever a chapter of the book ahead of my students, the chapter on “Conventions” floored me. Coming from Germany, this way of securing democracy seemed positively insane.

RENEWAL OF THE WATER BOUNDS OF THE PORT OF TRURO

On Friday last, the water bounds of the port were renewed by the Town Council, according to ancient custom. The officers of her Majesty's Customs and other persons officially connected with the port, and some personal friends of the Town Council, were invited to take part in the proceedings. The party left the quay at nine o'clock, on board the "SYDNEY" steamer, and proceeded down the river to Messick Point, where the ancient practice of formally arresting one of her Majesty's lieges for the sum of GBP 999.19s.11 1/4 d. was gone through and the necessary bail for his appearance at the Court of Record was accepted. The other usual forms were also observed, and the boundary marks were renewed on a rock near the point.

The steamer then proceeded to the Mylor or opposite bank of the river, where the arresting was again proceeded with, and the necessary bail put in for an appearance. The boundary marks T.B. were also made at this spot, when the party returned to the steamer, and had a pleasant cruise through the harbour, and beyond the Black Rock. After this, they returned to

Lord Bingham: "Which of these rights would we wish to discard? Are any of them trivial or unnecessary?". #HRA15 pic.twitter.com/QIh9d9tHfg

— Shoaib M Khan (@ShoaibMKhan) October 2, 2015

Update: The Cabinet office FOI officer got back to those who asked for evidence of Corbyn's national security threat pic.twitter.com/AOGRPkdfh6

— Siraj Datoo (@dats) September 30, 2015

"Please change your fingerprints at next login" https://t.co/UW8BNjM1dS

— Antonis Polemitis (@polemitis) September 23, 2015

Just imagine UK media headlines if Russian President called a leading opposition party threat to national security? pic.twitter.com/XmRNUhrTC8

— Russian Embassy, UK (@RussianEmbassy) September 14, 2015

In Canada, some Canadians were concerned that the show left an impression in Canadian youth that they had rights, such as to be informed of an offense, and that it depicted American police reading people their rights in accordance with the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_v._Arizona]Miranda ruling[/url]. In his 1980 book [i]Deference to Authority: The Case of Canada[/i], American sociologist Edgar Fredenberg who came to Canada in the early 1970s to avoid the draft was concerned that Canadians were more upset over depictions of Americans practising their civil rights on a TV show dealing with civil rights issues than that they did not have those rights.

Seen on Twitter - What an absolutely wonderful skewering of Chris Grayling's 'heroism' bill by Lord Pannick....

What an absolutely wonderful skewering of Chris Grayling's 'heroism' bill by Lord Pannick (via @chrisdaleoxford) pic.twitter.com/pPXEaPj9SZ

Excellent article

High praise indeed: the inestimable @mollycrabapple seems to have annoyed her Gitmo minders... http://t.co/Jp698uFPOQ

— Clive Stafford Smith (@CliveSSmith) September 12, 2013

Inside a Guantanamo Bay Prison Tour - Molly Crabapple Returns to Guantanamo Bay

By Molly Crabapple