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: Also, for mathy things I can randomly mess around on my calculator to try and numerically work out bits of the problem (which I am *pretty good* at, since I actually know most of the features of said calculator and how to combine them) and for computery things I can probably get somewhat working code done quickly and try and iterate on it.
gollark: That is probably much more learnable.
gollark: If that doesn't work I have actual internet searching abilities and do not have to ask people.
gollark: Mostly I just stare at the page, think a lot, and eventually dredge up an answer or at least an intuition about where to look.
gollark: That mostly doesn't happen to me.

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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