Constitutional law worksheet with answers

In the UK, after a bill passes both Houses of Parliament, it becomes an Act when it receives:

1. ARoyal Assent
2. BJudicial approval
3. CCabinet confirmation
4. DA referendum vote

A unitary state is one in which:

1. AThere is only one political party
2. BRegions have powers guaranteed by the constitution, which the centre cannot alter alone
3. CSovereign power is held at the centre, which may delegate powers to other levels
4. DThe head of state is also head of government

Devolution in the UK means that:

1. AThe monarch shares power with regional parliaments
2. BThe UK has become a federal state in which the regional powers are entrenched and cannot be removed by Westminster
3. CLocal councils can override Acts of Parliament
4. DParliament transfers some powers to bodies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland while remaining sovereign

After Burmah Oil v Lord Advocate held that compensation was due for property destroyed during the war, Parliament passed the War Damage Act 1965, which:

1. ARequired the courts to hear the case again
2. BRemoved the right to compensation retrospectively
3. CWas struck down by the courts
4. DIncreased the compensation payable

Under the Human Rights Act 1998, a private body with some "functions of a public nature" is:

1. ABound by the Act only if it receives most of its funding from the state
2. BNever bound by the Act
3. CBound by the Act for its public functions, but not for private acts
4. DBound by the Act in everything it does

In CCSU v Minister for the Civil Service (the GCHQ case), Lord Diplock classified the grounds of judicial review as:

1. AIllegality, irrationality and procedural impropriety
2. BFraud, mistake and duress
3. CJurisdiction, motive and fairness
4. DLegality, legitimacy and proportionality

In Germany, an individual who claims a public authority has violated their basic rights may, after exhausting other remedies, bring:

1. AA case to the European Court of Justice
2. BA constitutional complaint to the Federal Constitutional Court
3. CA request to the Federal President to veto
4. DA petition directly to the Bundestag's President

In the Harmonisatiewet judgment (1989), the Dutch Supreme Court held that Article 120 of the Constitution:

1. AWas overridden by the principle of legal certainty
2. BAllows courts to strike down Acts that breach fundamental principles such as legal certainty
3. CApplies only to delegated legislation
4. DPrevents courts from reviewing Acts of Parliament against fundamental principles of law