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 Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg
3. CThe European Parliament
4. DThe Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg

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

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

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. CChange taxes without a referendum
4. DDebate matters concerning Scotland

In Pickin v British Railways Board, the House of Lords held that courts:

1. ACan review Acts for compliance with private bill rules
2. BWill not examine whether Parliament followed its internal procedures in passing an Act
3. CMust investigate any allegation of fraud in Parliament
4. DCan strike down a private Act if it is shown that Parliament was misled during its passage

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

In Marbury v Madison (1803), the US Supreme Court established:

1. AThe President's veto power
2. BThe power of courts to review the constitutionality of legislation
3. CThe right to bear arms
4. DThe power of Congress to overrule decisions of the federal judiciary

The legitimate expectation doctrine protects individuals when:

1. AA public body made a clear promise or established practice that it then seeks to depart from unfairly
2. BAny person hopes for a favourable decision
3. CA contract with the government exists and the public body later fails to perform its contractual obligations
4. DA minister speaks in Parliament

A statute says a commission's "determination ... shall not be called in question in any court of law". In Anisminic v Foreign Compensation Commission, the House of Lords held:

1. AThe clause excluded all judicial review
2. BThe clause was invalid as unconstitutional
3. CThe decision was immune from review because the ouster clause applied to all its determinations
4. DThe clause did not protect a decision based on an error of law, because that was a nullity