Constitutional law worksheet with answers

The Sewel convention says that the UK Parliament will not normally:

1. ALegislate on devolved matters without the devolved legislature's consent
2. BLegislate on Scottish matters without first holding a referendum in Scotland
3. CDebate matters concerning Scotland
4. DChange taxes without a referendum

Judicial independence means that:

1. AJudges decide cases free from pressure from government or other parties
2. BJudges cannot be bound by statute
3. CJudges may set aside any statute they consider unjust or contrary to good policy
4. DJudges are elected by the public

In a parliamentary system, the government usually depends on:

1. AThe confidence of parliament
2. BThe approval of the courts
3. CA referendum every year
4. DThe support of the head of state only

In the GCHQ case, the House of Lords held that the exercise of prerogative powers:

1. AIs always fully reviewable, whatever subject matter it concerns
2. BCan never be reviewed by the courts
3. CCan be reviewed only if Parliament agrees
4. DCan be judicially reviewed, depending on its subject matter

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. AWas struck down by the courts
2. BIncreased the compensation payable
3. CRequired the courts to hear the case again
4. DRemoved the right to compensation retrospectively

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

1. AThe prerogative overrides the statute
2. BThe prerogative is put in abeyance and the government must act under 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

Under Article 15 of the ECHR, a state may derogate from some obligations in time of war or public emergency, but not from:

1. AArticle 11 (assembly)
2. BArticle 3 (torture) and Article 4(1) (slavery), among others
3. CArticle 8 (private life)
4. DArticle 5 (liberty) and Article 6 (fair trial), among others

In R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the EU (2017), the Supreme Court said about the Sewel convention that:

1. AIt requires Scottish consent to the UK's withdrawal from the EU
2. BIt applies only to Northern Ireland
3. CIt is a political convention that courts cannot enforce
4. DIt became legally binding when written into statute