Constitutional law worksheet with answers

The European Convention on Human Rights was drawn up within:

1. ANATO
2. BThe United Nations
3. CThe European Union
4. DThe Council of Europe

In the UK, the head of government is:

1. AThe monarch
2. BThe Lord Chancellor
3. CThe Speaker of the House of Commons
4. DThe Prime Minister

The Salisbury convention in the UK means that the House of Lords:

1. AElects the Speaker of the House of Commons
2. BDoes not block government bills carrying out manifesto commitments
3. CMust approve all money bills within one week
4. DMay permanently veto bills that alter the constitution of the United Kingdom

In Soering v UK, the European Court of Human Rights held that extraditing a man to the US to face a possible death sentence would breach Article 3 because:

1. AHe would not receive a fair trial
2. BThe US is not a party to the Convention
3. CThe death penalty itself always amounts to torture under Article 3
4. DOf the extreme conditions and long wait on death row

To amend the Dutch Constitution under Article 137:

1. AA national referendum must approve it
2. BA proposal is passed, elections follow, and then both chambers must approve it by two-thirds
3. CThe King and the Council of State decide it
4. DA simple majority in both chambers is enough, after which the King must sign the amendment into law

In CCSU v Minister for the Civil Service (the GCHQ case), Lord Diplock classified the grounds of judicial review as:

1. AFraud, mistake and duress
2. BIllegality, irrationality and procedural impropriety
3. CJurisdiction, motive and fairness
4. DLegality, legitimacy and proportionality

Dicey argued that in England individual liberties were mainly protected by:

1. AA written bill of rights with higher status
2. BThe personal decisions of the monarch
3. CA specialised constitutional court
4. DThe ordinary courts applying the common law

A tribunal orders publication of Prince Charles's letters to ministers. The Attorney General issues a certificate under the Freedom of Information Act overriding it. In R (Evans) v Attorney General (2015), the Supreme Court held:

1. AThe letters could never be published
2. BThe Act was incompatible with Article 10 ECHR
3. CThe certificate was valid, as the Act gave him an unqualified veto over any tribunal decision on disclosure
4. DThe certificate was invalid, as he had merely disagreed with the tribunal's view of the same facts