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1.Easy

Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights protects:

  1. AThe right to marry
  2. BThe right to an effective remedy
  3. CThe right to liberty and security
  4. DFreedom of religion
2.Easy

In the UK, the head of government is:

  1. AThe Lord Chancellor
  2. BThe Speaker of the House of Commons
  3. CThe Prime Minister
  4. DThe monarch
3.Easy

The Sewel convention says that the UK Parliament will not normally:

  1. ALegislate on devolved matters without the devolved legislature's consent
  2. BDebate matters concerning Scotland
  3. CChange taxes without a referendum
  4. DLegislate on Scottish matters without first holding a referendum in Scotland
4.Medium

To bring a claim for judicial review in England and Wales, the claimant must have:

  1. AA sufficient interest in the matter
  2. BPermission from the minister
  3. CA contract with the public body
  4. DSuffered financial loss
5.Medium

Constitutional conventions are:

  1. AWritten rules found in statutes that courts enforce like any other law
  2. BNon-legal rules of political practice that are regarded as binding
  3. CMeetings held to write a new constitution
  4. DInternational treaties about the constitution
6.Medium

In R v Bow Street Magistrate, ex p Pinochet (No 2), the House of Lords set aside its own earlier decision because:

  1. AOne judge had links to a charity that was a party to the case
  2. BThe judges had made a legal mistake
  3. CPinochet had not been given a lawyer of his own choice at the hearing
  4. DThe case had been heard in private
7.Hard

After 2001, the UK detained foreign terrorism suspects indefinitely without trial. In A v Home Secretary (the Belmarsh case), the House of Lords:

  1. AUpheld the detention as a valid response to an emergency
  2. BMade a declaration of incompatibility, finding the measure disproportionate and discriminatory
  3. COrdered the immediate release of all detainees
  4. DHeld that national security questions were for the executive alone and could not be reviewed by courts
8.Hard

After a court makes a declaration of incompatibility, section 10 of the UK Human Rights Act 1998 allows a minister to:

  1. ARefer the case directly to Strasbourg
  2. BSuspend the Convention right in question
  3. CAmend the incompatible legislation by a remedial order
  4. DOverrule the court's declaration

Answer key

  1. 1. C · The right to liberty and security
  2. 2. C · The Prime Minister
  3. 3. A · Legislate on devolved matters without the devolved legislature's consent
  4. 4. A · A sufficient interest in the matter
  5. 5. B · Non-legal rules of political practice that are regarded as binding
  6. 6. A · One judge had links to a charity that was a party to the case
  7. 7. B · Made a declaration of incompatibility, finding the measure disproportionate and discriminatory
  8. 8. C · Amend the incompatible legislation by a remedial order

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