Constitutional law worksheet with answers

The European Convention on Human Rights is enforced by:

1. AThe International Court of Justice in The Hague
2. BThe European Parliament
3. CThe European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg
4. DThe Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg

A referendum is:

1. AA direct vote by the electorate on a particular question
2. BAn election of members of parliament
3. CA decision of the constitutional court
4. DA vote of no confidence in the government by members of parliament

Individual ministerial responsibility means that a minister:

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

Which ground of judicial review applies when a decision-maker ignores a relevant consideration?

1. AIllegality
2. BNone, because courts never review considerations
3. CProcedural impropriety only
4. DLegitimate expectation only

In the Factortame litigation, while the UK was an EU member, the House of Lords:

1. ADeclared the European Communities Act 1972 invalid
2. BHeld that EU law could never limit Acts of Parliament
3. CDisapplied parts of an Act of Parliament that conflicted with EU law
4. DReferred the matter to the European Court of Human Rights

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. BWas struck down by the courts
3. CIncreased the compensation payable
4. DRemoved the right to compensation retrospectively

A health authority moves a severely disabled woman into a care home after promising it would be her "home for life", then decides to close it. In R v North and East Devon HA, ex p Coughlan:

1. AThe promise was void because the authority had no statutory power to make it
2. BOnly a fair consultation was required
3. CFrustrating her substantive legitimate expectation was an abuse of power
4. DThe promise could be broken whenever policy changed

In Madzimbamuto v Lardner-Burke, the Privy Council held that the UK Parliament could still legislate for Southern Rhodesia because:

1. ARhodesia had become fully independent
2. BA convention that it would not do so did not limit its legal power
3. CThe convention was legally binding but had been waived by Rhodesia
4. DRhodesia had consented to the legislation