Constitutional law worksheet with answers

A constitutional monarchy is one in which the monarch:

1. ALeads the governing political party
2. BIs elected by parliament every five years
3. CHolds all legislative and executive power personally, and ministers merely advise on request
4. DIs head of state but acts within constitutional limits, mostly on ministers' advice

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

1. AMembers of the House of Representatives
2. BDirect vote of all citizens
3. CMembers of the provincial councils
4. DAppointment by the King

Judicial review allows courts to:

1. ARewrite any legislation they consider unwise
2. BAppoint government ministers
3. CCheck whether public bodies act lawfully
4. DDecide elections

In R v Home Secretary, ex p Fire Brigades Union, the House of Lords held the minister acted unlawfully by:

1. ABringing a statute into force too quickly
2. BUsing the prerogative to set up a scheme inconsistent with a statutory scheme not yet in force
3. CBringing the statutory scheme into force without first consulting the bodies that would be affected by it
4. DRefusing to consult the fire brigades

In R v Bow Street Magistrate, ex p Pinochet (No 2), the House of Lords set aside its own earlier decision because:

1. AThe judges had made a legal mistake
2. BThe case had been heard in private
3. COne judge had links to a charity that was a party to the case
4. DPinochet had not been given a lawyer of his own choice at the hearing

Proportionality review usually asks whether a measure:

1. AIs popular with voters
2. BPursues a legitimate aim, is suitable, necessary and balanced
3. CWas adopted quickly
4. DIs the cheapest option available and has been approved by parliament

Since the 2008 constitutional reform in France, the "question prioritaire de constitutionnalité" allows:

1. AThe President to suspend a statute for one year
2. BJudges in any court to strike down statutes themselves
3. CA party in court to ask for a statute in force to be reviewed for breach of constitutional rights
4. DAny citizen to challenge a bill before Parliament votes on it, by petition to the Conseil constitutionnel

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

1. AApplies only to delegated legislation
2. BAllows courts to strike down Acts that breach fundamental principles such as legal certainty
3. CWas overridden by the principle of legal certainty
4. DPrevents courts from reviewing Acts of Parliament against fundamental principles of law