Constitutional law worksheet with answers

Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights prohibits discrimination:

1. AIn the enjoyment of the other Convention rights
2. BOnly on grounds of nationality
3. CIn every area of life, as a free-standing right
4. DOnly by private employers

A codified constitution is one whose main rules are:

1. AFound only in judicial decisions
2. BCollected in a single written document
3. CAgreed afresh after every election
4. DBased entirely on unwritten customs

The UK convention of collective ministerial responsibility means that:

1. AEach minister can veto Cabinet decisions
2. BMinisters are elected together as a group
3. CMinisters must publicly support government decisions or resign
4. DAll ministers are jointly liable in court for government decisions

Under Article 94 of the Dutch Constitution, Dutch courts:

1. AApply statutes even if they conflict with treaties
2. BCan strike down statutes that conflict with the Constitution or with general principles
3. CDo not apply statutes that conflict with treaty provisions binding on everyone
4. DMust refer all treaty questions to the Council of State

Ellen Street Estates v Minister of Health is cited for the principle that:

1. AParliament cannot bind its successors, and a later Act impliedly repeals an inconsistent earlier one
2. BEarlier Acts always prevail over later Acts
3. CParliament can entrench an Act against later repeal by stating expressly that it may not be amended in future
4. DCourts may refuse to apply a later Act

In R (Jackson) v Attorney General, the House of Lords held that:

1. AThe House of Lords could veto any bill permanently
2. BThe Parliament Act 1949 and the Hunting Act 2004 passed under it were valid
3. CThe Hunting Act was incompatible with Convention rights
4. DActs passed under the Parliament Acts were merely invalid delegated legislation

The "margin of appreciation" doctrine of the European Court of Human Rights means that:

1. AStates have some discretion in how they protect rights, especially on sensitive moral issues
2. BThe Court never reviews national decisions
3. CStates may disregard Strasbourg judgments whenever their own parliament disagrees with the outcome
4. DEvery state must apply identical rules

In R (Privacy International) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal (2019), the Supreme Court held that an ouster clause protecting the Tribunal's decisions:

1. AWas invalid because it was in secondary legislation
2. BDid not exclude judicial review of its errors of law
3. CExcluded all review of its decisions
4. DApplied only to decisions on national security