Constitutional law worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

A writ of habeas corpus:

  1. ARequires a detained person to be brought before a court so that the legality of the detention can be tested
  2. BPermits the government to search private homes
  3. CAllows the police to detain a suspect without charge for up to a week while a court reviews the evidence against them
  4. DOrders a public body to perform a statutory duty
2.Easy

Which right is protected by Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights?

  1. AFreedom of expression
  2. BRight to marry
  3. CRight to life
  4. DProhibition of torture
3.Easy

In the UK, the head of government is:

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

Article 2 of the ECHR (right to life) imposes on states a positive obligation to:

  1. AGuarantee free housing and healthcare to everyone within their territory
  2. BGuarantee that no citizen ever dies
  3. CAbolish all police forces
  4. DTake appropriate steps to safeguard lives within their jurisdiction
5.Medium

In England and Wales, a claim for judicial review must generally be filed:

  1. AAt any time
  2. BWithin six years
  3. CPromptly, and in any event within three months
  4. DWithin one year
6.Medium

Under section 2 of the UK Human Rights Act 1998, UK courts must, when deciding Convention rights questions:

  1. AIgnore Strasbourg case law
  2. BFollow every relevant Strasbourg judgment strictly, as binding precedent
  3. CTake into account judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
  4. DRefer all questions to Strasbourg
7.Hard

In R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the EU (2017), the Supreme Court said about the Sewel convention that:

  1. AIt requires Scottish consent to the UK's withdrawal from the EU
  2. BIt became legally binding when written into statute
  3. CIt is a political convention that courts cannot enforce
  4. DIt applies only to Northern Ireland
8.Hard

The Wednesbury unreasonableness test asks whether a decision is:

  1. AUnpopular with the public
  2. BSlightly less than ideal
  3. CDifferent from what the judge would have decided on the same evidence
  4. DSo unreasonable that no reasonable authority could have made it

Answer key

  1. 1. A · Requires a detained person to be brought before a court so that the legality of the detention can be tested
  2. 2. A · Freedom of expression
  3. 3. C · The Prime Minister
  4. 4. D · Take appropriate steps to safeguard lives within their jurisdiction
  5. 5. C · Promptly, and in any event within three months
  6. 6. C · Take into account judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
  7. 7. C · It is a political convention that courts cannot enforce
  8. 8. D · So unreasonable that no reasonable authority could have made it

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