Constitutional law worksheet with answers

Individual ministerial responsibility means that a minister:

1. AIs accountable to Parliament for their department and personal conduct
2. BIs personally liable to pay damages for errors made by their civil servants
3. CMust personally approve every decision of their department
4. DCan be removed from office by the courts

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

1. ACabinet confirmation
2. BA referendum vote
3. CRoyal Assent
4. DJudicial approval

The principle of legality in public law means that a public authority:

1. ACan act freely unless a statute expressly prohibits the particular action taken
2. BMust always be elected
3. CCan ignore laws during weekends
4. DNeeds a legal basis for its actions, especially when interfering with rights

In Thoburn v Sunderland City Council (the "metric martyrs" case), Laws LJ said that "constitutional statutes":

1. ACannot be repealed at all
2. BPrevail automatically over all later Acts of Parliament
3. CMust be approved by referendum
4. DCannot be impliedly repealed, only expressly

A bicameral legislature has:

1. ANo elected members
2. BThree chambers
3. CTwo chambers
4. DOne chamber

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 "dualist" approach to international law means that:

1. AInternational law applies automatically in national courts as soon as a treaty is ratified
2. BCourts must apply only international law
3. CTreaties cannot be signed without a referendum
4. DTreaties must be incorporated into national law before courts apply them domestically

A statute says a commission's "determination ... shall not be called in question in any court of law". In Anisminic v Foreign Compensation Commission, the House of Lords held:

1. AThe clause was invalid as unconstitutional
2. BThe decision was immune from review because the ouster clause applied to all its determinations
3. CThe clause did not protect a decision based on an error of law, because that was a nullity
4. DThe clause excluded all judicial review