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1.Easy

The Dutch Parliament (Staten-Generaal) consists of:

  1. AThe provincial councils and municipal councils
  2. BThe King and the Council of Ministers
  3. CThe House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) and the Senate (Eerste Kamer)
  4. DThe Council of State and the Supreme Court
2.Easy

Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights protects:

  1. AThe right to free elections
  2. BThe right to life
  3. CFreedom of assembly
  4. DThe right to a fair trial
3.Easy

The United Kingdom's constitution is best described as:

  1. ACopied from the US constitution
  2. BSet out entirely in EU treaties
  3. CFully written in one document
  4. DLargely uncodified
4.Medium

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. AIncreased the compensation payable
  2. BRemoved the right to compensation retrospectively
  3. CRequired the courts to hear the case again
  4. DWas struck down by the courts
5.Medium

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

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

Under AG v De Keyser's Royal Hotel, when a statute covers the same ground as a prerogative power:

  1. AThe prerogative is put in abeyance and the government must act under the statute
  2. BThe prerogative overrides the statute
  3. CThe government may still choose the prerogative if it offers more flexible powers
  4. DThe government can choose freely between the two
7.Hard

In Ireland v UK (1978), the European Court of Human Rights held that the "five techniques" used in interrogating detainees in Northern Ireland were:

  1. ALawful because of the emergency
  2. BInhuman and degrading treatment, but not torture
  3. CA breach of Article 5 only
  4. DTorture under Article 3
8.Hard

In R (Nicklinson) v Ministry of Justice (2014), concerning the ban on assisted suicide, the majority of the UK Supreme Court:

  1. AHeld that Article 8 was not engaged at all
  2. BRead the ban down under section 3 to allow assisted dying
  3. CDeclined to make a declaration of incompatibility at that time, leaving it to Parliament
  4. DMade a declaration of incompatibility with Article 8, while leaving the ban itself in force for now

Answer key

  1. 1. C · The House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) and the Senate (Eerste Kamer)
  2. 2. D · The right to a fair trial
  3. 3. D · Largely uncodified
  4. 4. B · Removed the right to compensation retrospectively
  5. 5. C · Promptly, and in any event within three months
  6. 6. A · The prerogative is put in abeyance and the government must act under the statute
  7. 7. B · Inhuman and degrading treatment, but not torture
  8. 8. C · Declined to make a declaration of incompatibility at that time, leaving it to Parliament

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