Constitutional law worksheet with answers

The European Convention on Human Rights was drawn up within:

1. AThe Council of Europe
2. BNATO
3. CThe United Nations
4. DThe European Union

In the UK, the royal prerogative is:

1. AThe right of judges to overrule Parliament
2. BA set of powers conferred on the Prime Minister by the Constitutional Reform Act
3. CThe monarch's personal right to veto any Act
4. DA set of powers of the Crown recognised by common law, not created by statute

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

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

In R (Jackson) v Attorney General, the House of Lords held that:

1. AThe House of Lords could veto any bill permanently
2. BActs passed under the Parliament Acts were merely invalid delegated legislation
3. CThe Parliament Act 1949 and the Hunting Act 2004 passed under it were valid
4. DThe Hunting Act was incompatible with Convention rights

Under section 2 of the UK Human Rights Act 1998, UK courts must, when deciding Convention rights questions:

1. AFollow every relevant Strasbourg judgment strictly, as binding precedent
2. BTake into account judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
3. CIgnore Strasbourg case law
4. DRefer all questions to Strasbourg

In the GCHQ case, the House of Lords held that the exercise of prerogative powers:

1. ACan be judicially reviewed, depending on its subject matter
2. BIs always fully reviewable, whatever subject matter it concerns
3. CCan never be reviewed by the courts
4. DCan be reviewed only if Parliament agrees

After a court makes a declaration of incompatibility, section 10 of the UK Human Rights Act 1998 allows a minister to:

1. AAmend the incompatible legislation by a remedial order
2. BSuspend the Convention right in question
3. CRefer the case directly to Strasbourg
4. DOverrule the court's declaration

In the Dutch system, the Council of State (Raad van State) mainly:

1. AAppoints the prime minister and supervises the formation of a new coalition government
2. BElects the members of parliament
3. CAdvises on legislation and acts as the highest administrative court in many areas
4. DHears criminal appeals