Constitutional law worksheet with answers

Which right is protected by Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights?

1. ARight to marry
2. BRight to life
3. CFreedom of expression
4. DProhibition of torture

A writ of habeas corpus:

1. ARequires a detained person to be brought before a court so that the legality of the detention can be tested
2. BOrders a public body to perform a statutory duty
3. CPermits the government to search private homes
4. DAllows the police to detain a suspect without charge for up to a week while a court reviews the evidence against them

In a parliamentary system, the government usually depends on:

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

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

1. AHeld that EU law could never limit Acts of Parliament
2. BDeclared the European Communities Act 1972 invalid
3. CReferred the matter to the European Court of Human Rights
4. DDisapplied parts of an Act of Parliament that conflicted with EU law

Under the UK Human Rights Act 1998, if a court cannot read an Act compatibly with Convention rights, it can:

1. ARefer the case to the European Court of Human Rights automatically
2. BStrike down the Act immediately
3. CMake a declaration of incompatibility, leaving the Act in force
4. DOrder Parliament to amend the Act within a month

Under British Oxygen v Minister of Technology, a public body that adopts a policy for exercising its discretion must:

1. AHave the policy approved by Parliament
2. BStill be willing to listen to anyone with something new to say
3. CMake no policy at all
4. DApply the policy rigidly in every case to ensure consistent treatment

In the Harmonisatiewet judgment (1989), the Dutch Supreme Court held that Article 120 of the Constitution:

1. AAllows courts to strike down Acts that breach fundamental principles such as legal certainty
2. BPrevents courts from reviewing Acts of Parliament against fundamental principles of law
3. CApplies only to delegated legislation
4. DWas overridden by the principle of legal certainty

The government tried to stop publication of a former Cabinet minister's diaries. In AG v Jonathan Cape (the Crossman diaries case), the court held that:

1. ACabinet discussions could be protected as confidential, but the material was now too old to restrain
2. BCourts can never restrain publication of political material
3. CMinisters' diaries are always Crown property
4. DThe convention of Cabinet secrecy is directly enforceable law, so publication of the diaries had to be restrained