Constitutional law worksheet with answers

Which Act created the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom?

1. AConstitutional Reform Act 2005
2. BParliament Act 1911
3. CScotland Act 1998
4. DHuman Rights Act 1998

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

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

The UK convention of collective ministerial responsibility means that:

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

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

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

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

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

Under British Oxygen v Minister of Technology, a public body that adopts a policy for exercising its discretion must:

1. AApply the policy rigidly in every case to ensure consistent treatment
2. BHave the policy approved by Parliament
3. CStill be willing to listen to anyone with something new to say
4. DMake no policy at all

Which statement about "horizontal effect" of human rights is correct?

1. ARights can influence legal relations between private parties, often indirectly through courts
2. BRights apply only between states
3. CHorizontal effect means rights apply only to horizontal property boundaries
4. DPrivate parties can be brought directly before the Strasbourg court by individuals whose rights they breach

Since the 2008 constitutional reform in France, the "question prioritaire de constitutionnalité" allows:

1. AAny citizen to challenge a bill before Parliament votes on it, by petition to the Conseil constitutionnel
2. BJudges in any court to strike down statutes themselves
3. CThe President to suspend a statute for one year
4. DA party in court to ask for a statute in force to be reviewed for breach of constitutional rights