ABSTRACT
A number of important questions arise concerning these non-legal rules, namely:
(a) What are the characteristics of a conventional rule? (b) What is the source or origin of the rule? (c) In what manner are conventions distinguishable from laws? (d) Who is bound by the conventional rules? (e) What is the consequence of a breach of the rule? (f) Does the distinction between law and convention really matter? (g) What is the attitude of the courts to conventional rules? (h) How do conventions change? (i) How best can these rules be analysed and understood? (j) Should conventions be codified?
