Precedent book

A precedent book is a document recording procedural, legal or constitutional precedents.

Constitutional effects

It could have significant constitutional effects: so, for example, the UK Precedent Book (or Rule book)[1], written by the Cabinet Office[2]. Its archive files are subject to 30 year closure (unless otherwise stated)[3].

gollark: But at most points I don't think most people went around getting to decide on exactly what their values were and building societies to best embody them.
gollark: It's probably some complex bidirectional thing.
gollark: If your ethical system is "the greatest good is maximizing the number of paperclips in existence", it's entirely sensible to try and overthrow existing society to make paperclips.
gollark: Also, guess what, "still logical to agree with" implicitly assumes some values again!
gollark: I go around somewhat disagreeing with older ethical systems, and society hasn't collapsed yet.

References
  1. "How to run the British government when 'things get sticky'". 2015-12-17. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  2. Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, Constitutional implications of the Cabinet manual: sixth report of session 2010-11, Vol. 1: Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence, Volume 1, The Stationery Office, 29 mar. 2011.
  3. The National Archives' catalogue, CAB - Records of the Cabinet Office, Cabinet Office: Precedent Books.

See also
  • Ministerial code
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