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1.Easy

Which Act created the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom?

  1. AParliament Act 1911
  2. BScotland Act 1998
  3. CHuman Rights Act 1998
  4. DConstitutional Reform Act 2005
2.Easy

Members of the Dutch Senate (Eerste Kamer) are mainly elected by:

  1. AMembers of the House of Representatives
  2. BAppointment by the King
  3. CMembers of the provincial councils
  4. DDirect vote of all citizens
3.Easy

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

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

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

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

In England and Wales, a claim for judicial review must generally be filed:

  1. AWithin six years
  2. BPromptly, and in any event within three months
  3. CWithin one year
  4. DAt any time
6.Medium

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

  1. AReferred the matter to the European Court of Human Rights
  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. DDeclared the European Communities Act 1972 invalid
7.Hard

In the Case of Proclamations (1610), the court held that the King:

  1. ACould not create new offences by proclamation
  2. BCould change any law by proclamation
  3. CCould dismiss judges who disagreed
  4. DCould suspend Acts of Parliament
8.Hard

In Ireland v UK (1978), the European Court of Human Rights held that the "five techniques" used in interrogating detainees in Northern Ireland were:

  1. AA breach of Article 5 only
  2. BLawful because of the emergency
  3. CTorture under Article 3
  4. DInhuman and degrading treatment, but not torture

Answer key

  1. 1. D · Constitutional Reform Act 2005
  2. 2. C · Members of the provincial councils
  3. 3. B · Legislate on devolved matters without the devolved legislature's consent
  4. 4. C · Parliament cannot bind its successors, and a later Act impliedly repeals an inconsistent earlier one
  5. 5. B · Promptly, and in any event within three months
  6. 6. C · Disapplied parts of an Act of Parliament that conflicted with EU law
  7. 7. A · Could not create new offences by proclamation
  8. 8. D · Inhuman and degrading treatment, but not torture

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