Constitutional law worksheet with answers

A constitutional monarchy is one in which the monarch:

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

Devolution in the UK means that:

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

A writ of habeas corpus:

1. AOrders a public body to perform a statutory duty
2. BRequires a detained person to be brought before a court so that the legality of the detention can be tested
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

Which ground of judicial review applies when a decision-maker ignores a relevant consideration?

1. ALegitimate expectation only
2. BProcedural impropriety only
3. CNone, because courts never review considerations
4. DIllegality

Under ECHR case law such as Sunday Times v UK, for a restriction to be "prescribed by law", the law must be:

1. AApproved by a referendum
2. BAdequately accessible and foreseeable in its effects
3. CContained in a single written statute passed by parliament
4. DOlder than the Convention

In R (Jackson) v Attorney General, the House of Lords held that:

1. AThe House of Lords could veto any bill permanently
2. BActs passed under the Parliament Acts were merely invalid delegated legislation
3. CThe Hunting Act was incompatible with Convention rights
4. DThe Parliament Act 1949 and the Hunting Act 2004 passed under it were valid

The "dualist" approach to international law means that:

1. ATreaties must be incorporated into national law before courts apply them domestically
2. BInternational law applies automatically in national courts as soon as a treaty is ratified
3. CTreaties cannot be signed without a referendum
4. DCourts must apply only international law

The Wednesbury unreasonableness test asks whether a decision is:

1. ADifferent from what the judge would have decided on the same evidence
2. BSo unreasonable that no reasonable authority could have made it
3. CUnpopular with the public
4. DSlightly less than ideal