Constitutional law worksheet with answers

Under section 6 of the UK Human Rights Act 1998, it is unlawful for:

1. ACourts to apply Acts of Parliament
2. BParliament to pass any Act limiting rights
3. CA public authority to act incompatibly with Convention rights
4. DA private person to breach any Convention right

Which body adopts laws in a parliamentary democracy?

1. AThe legislature (parliament)
2. BThe supreme court
3. CThe prime minister alone
4. DThe police

Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights protects:

1. AThe right to marry
2. BThe right to an effective remedy
3. CThe right to liberty and security
4. DFreedom of religion

Under the UK Human Rights Act 1998, if a court cannot read an Act compatibly with Convention rights, it can:

1. AStrike down the Act immediately
2. BMake a declaration of incompatibility, leaving the Act in force
3. CRefer the case to the European Court of Human Rights automatically
4. DOrder Parliament to amend the Act within a month

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

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

In Marbury v Madison (1803), the US Supreme Court established:

1. AThe power of Congress to overrule decisions of the federal judiciary
2. BThe power of courts to review the constitutionality of legislation
3. CThe right to bear arms
4. DThe President's veto power

The "margin of appreciation" doctrine of the European Court of Human Rights means that:

1. AThe Court never reviews national decisions
2. BStates have some discretion in how they protect rights, especially on sensitive moral issues
3. CEvery state must apply identical rules
4. DStates may disregard Strasbourg judgments whenever their own parliament disagrees with the outcome

Walter Bagehot described the "efficient secret" of the English constitution as:

1. AThe close union of the executive and legislative powers
2. BThe independence of the House of Lords
3. CThe strict separation of all three powers
4. DThe monarch's power to veto legislation