Constitutional law worksheet with answers

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

A unitary state is one in which:

1. ASovereign power is held at the centre, which may delegate powers to other levels
2. BRegions have powers guaranteed by the constitution, which the centre cannot alter alone
3. CThe head of state is also head of government
4. DThere is only one political party

The European Convention on Human Rights was drawn up within:

1. AThe Council of Europe
2. BThe European Union
3. CNATO
4. DThe United Nations

Under the Human Rights Act 1998, a private body with some "functions of a public nature" is:

1. ABound by the Act only if it receives most of its funding from the state
2. BBound by the Act for its public functions, but not for private acts
3. CNever bound by the Act
4. DBound by the Act in everything it does

Under section 2 of the UK Human Rights Act 1998, UK courts must, when deciding Convention rights questions:

1. ARefer all questions to Strasbourg
2. BFollow every relevant Strasbourg judgment strictly, as binding precedent
3. CTake into account judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
4. DIgnore Strasbourg case law

In Dudgeon v UK, the European Court of Human Rights held that criminalising consensual homosexual acts between adult men in Northern Ireland:

1. AWas justified under Article 8(2) as necessary to protect public morals
2. BViolated the right to respect for private life under Article 8
3. CViolated only the right to marry
4. DWas outside the scope of the Convention

The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 changed the office of Lord Chancellor so that:

1. AThe Lord Chief Justice, not the Lord Chancellor, is head of the judiciary in England and Wales
2. BThe Lord Chancellor became President of the Supreme Court and head of the judiciary in England
3. CThe office was abolished completely
4. DThe Lord Chancellor gained power to dismiss judges

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

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