Constitutional law worksheet with answers

A constitutional monarchy is one in which the monarch:

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

A referendum is:

1. AA decision of the constitutional court
2. BA direct vote by the electorate on a particular question
3. CAn election of members of parliament
4. DA vote of no confidence in the government by members of parliament

The European Convention on Human Rights is enforced by:

1. AThe European Parliament
2. BThe International Court of Justice in The Hague
3. CThe European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg
4. DThe Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg

In Hirst v UK (No 2), the European Court of Human Rights held that the UK's blanket ban on voting by convicted prisoners:

1. AViolated the right to free elections in Protocol 1, Article 3
2. BWas justified because prisoners have no rights
3. CViolated the right to freedom of expression in Article 10 of the Convention
4. DWas within the UK's margin of appreciation

In Thoburn v Sunderland City Council (the "metric martyrs" case), Laws LJ said that "constitutional statutes":

1. AMust be approved by referendum
2. BPrevail automatically over all later Acts of Parliament
3. CCannot be repealed at all
4. DCannot be impliedly repealed, only expressly

A minister refuses to refer a complaint to a committee because the result might embarrass the government. In Padfield v Minister of Agriculture, the House of Lords held:

1. AThe refusal was unlawful, as it frustrated the purpose of the Act
2. BThe minister had unlimited discretion
3. CThe refusal was lawful, since the Act imposed no duty to give reasons
4. DOnly Parliament could question the minister

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

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

In the Case of Proclamations (1610), the court held that the King:

1. ACould change any law by proclamation
2. BCould suspend Acts of Parliament
3. CCould dismiss judges who disagreed
4. DCould not create new offences by proclamation