Constitutional law worksheet with answers

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

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

Judicial review allows courts to:

1. AAppoint government ministers
2. BDecide elections
3. CCheck whether public bodies act lawfully
4. DRewrite any legislation they consider unwise

Section 3 of the UK Human Rights Act 1998 requires courts to:

1. AStrike down any provision of an Act that cannot be read compatibly with Convention rights
2. BAsk Parliament to interpret unclear statutes
3. CRead and give effect to legislation compatibly with Convention rights, so far as possible
4. DFollow every judgment of the Strasbourg court

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

1. APermission from the minister
2. BSuffered financial loss
3. CA contract with the public body
4. DA sufficient interest in the matter

After Burmah Oil v Lord Advocate held that compensation was due for property destroyed during the war, Parliament passed the War Damage Act 1965, which:

1. ARequired the courts to hear the case again
2. BRemoved the right to compensation retrospectively
3. CIncreased the compensation payable
4. DWas struck down by the courts

Under AG v De Keyser's Royal Hotel, when a statute covers the same ground as a prerogative power:

1. AThe prerogative overrides the statute
2. BThe prerogative is put in abeyance and the government must act under the statute
3. CThe government can choose freely between the two
4. DThe government may still choose the prerogative if it offers more flexible powers

In Ireland v UK (1978), the European Court of Human Rights held that the "five techniques" used in interrogating detainees in Northern Ireland were:

1. AInhuman and degrading treatment, but not torture
2. BLawful because of the emergency
3. CTorture under Article 3
4. DA breach of Article 5 only

The government tried to stop publication of a former Cabinet minister's diaries. In AG v Jonathan Cape (the Crossman diaries case), the court held that:

1. AThe convention of Cabinet secrecy is directly enforceable law, so publication of the diaries had to be restrained
2. BMinisters' diaries are always Crown property
3. CCabinet discussions could be protected as confidential, but the material was now too old to restrain
4. DCourts can never restrain publication of political material