Constitutional law worksheet with answers

Devolution in the UK means that:

1. AThe UK has become a federal state in which the regional powers are entrenched and cannot be removed by Westminster
2. BThe monarch shares power with regional parliaments
3. CLocal councils can override Acts of Parliament
4. DParliament transfers some powers to bodies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland while remaining sovereign

Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights protects:

1. AThe right to free elections
2. BThe right to life
3. CThe right to a fair trial
4. DFreedom of assembly

In the UK, the royal prerogative is:

1. AA set of powers conferred on the Prime Minister by the Constitutional Reform Act
2. BThe right of judges to overrule Parliament
3. CThe monarch's personal right to veto any Act
4. DA set of powers of the Crown recognised by common law, not created by statute

To bring a claim for judicial review in England and Wales, the claimant must have:

1. AA sufficient interest in the matter
2. BPermission from the minister
3. CA contract with the public body
4. DSuffered financial loss

Under Article 94 of the Dutch Constitution, Dutch courts:

1. ADo not apply statutes that conflict with treaty provisions binding on everyone
2. BApply statutes even if they conflict with treaties
3. CCan strike down statutes that conflict with the Constitution or with general principles
4. DMust refer all treaty questions to the Council of State

Under Porter v Magill, the test for apparent bias asks whether:

1. AThe decision-maker was actually biased
2. BThe claimant personally and reasonably believed that the decision-maker had been biased against them
3. CThe decision-maker had ever met any party
4. DA fair-minded and informed observer would conclude there was a real possibility of bias

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 clause did not protect a decision based on an error of law, because that was a nullity
4. DThe decision was immune from review because the ouster clause applied to all its determinations

In R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the EU (2017), the UK Supreme Court held that:

1. AThe government could give notice using prerogative powers without any Act of Parliament
2. BThe referendum result was legally binding
3. CDevolved legislatures had a veto over Brexit
4. DParliamentary legislation was required to give notice of withdrawal from the EU