Constitutional law worksheet with answers

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

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

A federal state is one in which:

1. AAll power is held by the capital city
2. BThere is no central government
3. CPower is constitutionally divided between a central government and regions
4. DRegions may secede unilaterally whenever a majority of their voters wishes

In a parliamentary system, the government usually depends on:

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

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

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

Parliamentary sovereignty (as described by Dicey) means that:

1. AParliament can make or unmake any law, and no body can override its Acts
2. BThe executive can override Parliament
3. CParliament must obey previous Parliaments
4. DCourts can strike down any Act of Parliament that conflicts with common law rights

In Dudgeon v UK, the European Court of Human Rights held that criminalising consensual homosexual acts between adult men in Northern Ireland:

1. AViolated the right to respect for private life under Article 8
2. BViolated only the right to marry
3. CWas justified under Article 8(2) as necessary to protect public morals
4. DWas outside the scope of the Convention

The "dualist" approach to international law means that:

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

A tribunal orders publication of Prince Charles's letters to ministers. The Attorney General issues a certificate under the Freedom of Information Act overriding it. In R (Evans) v Attorney General (2015), the Supreme Court held:

1. AThe certificate was valid, as the Act gave him an unqualified veto over any tribunal decision on disclosure
2. BThe certificate was invalid, as he had merely disagreed with the tribunal's view of the same facts
3. CThe Act was incompatible with Article 10 ECHR
4. DThe letters could never be published