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1.Easy

In the United States, the "Bill of Rights" refers to:

  1. AThe first article of the Constitution
  2. BThe Declaration of Independence
  3. CA statute passed by Congress in the 1960s
  4. DThe first ten amendments to the Constitution
2.Easy

A federal state is one in which:

  1. ARegions may secede unilaterally whenever a majority of their voters wishes
  2. BPower is constitutionally divided between a central government and regions
  3. CAll power is held by the capital city
  4. DThere is no central government
3.Easy

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
4.Medium

A bicameral legislature has:

  1. ATwo chambers
  2. BOne chamber
  3. CNo elected members
  4. DThree chambers
5.Medium

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

  1. AA contract with the public body
  2. BPermission from the minister
  3. CSuffered financial loss
  4. DA sufficient interest in the matter
6.Medium

Constitutional conventions are:

  1. AWritten rules found in statutes that courts enforce like any other law
  2. BMeetings held to write a new constitution
  3. CInternational treaties about the constitution
  4. DNon-legal rules of political practice that are regarded as binding
7.Hard

In R (Privacy International) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal (2019), the Supreme Court held that an ouster clause protecting the Tribunal's decisions:

  1. ADid not exclude judicial review of its errors of law
  2. BApplied only to decisions on national security
  3. CExcluded all review of its decisions
  4. DWas invalid because it was in secondary legislation
8.Hard

In R (Nicklinson) v Ministry of Justice (2014), concerning the ban on assisted suicide, the majority of the UK Supreme Court:

  1. ARead the ban down under section 3 to allow assisted dying
  2. BHeld that Article 8 was not engaged at all
  3. CMade a declaration of incompatibility with Article 8, while leaving the ban itself in force for now
  4. DDeclined to make a declaration of incompatibility at that time, leaving it to Parliament

Answer key

  1. 1. D · The first ten amendments to the Constitution
  2. 2. B · Power is constitutionally divided between a central government and regions
  3. 3. B · Requires a detained person to be brought before a court so that the legality of the detention can be tested
  4. 4. A · Two chambers
  5. 5. D · A sufficient interest in the matter
  6. 6. D · Non-legal rules of political practice that are regarded as binding
  7. 7. A · Did not exclude judicial review of its errors of law
  8. 8. D · Declined to make a declaration of incompatibility at that time, leaving it to Parliament

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