A convention influences a set of agreed, stipulated, or generally accepted standards, social norms, or other criteria, often taking the form of a custom.
The extent to which justice is conventional (as opposed to natural or objective) is historically an important debate among philosophers.
[example needed] According to David Kalupahana, The Buddha described conventions—whether linguistic, social, political, moral, ethical, or even religious—as arising dependent on specific conditions.
According to his paradigm, when conventions are considered absolute realities, they contribute to dogmatism, which in turn leads to conflict.
Instead, according to Buddhist thought, a wise person adopts a Middle Way without holding conventions to be ultimate or ignoring them when they are fruitful.
Sociologists representing symbolic interactionism argue that social rules are created through the interaction between the members of a society.
According to the traditional doctrine (Dicey)[citation needed], conventions cannot be enforced in courts, because they are non-legal sets of rules.