Constitutional law worksheet with answers

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

Devolution in the UK means that:

1. AParliament transfers some powers to bodies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland while remaining sovereign
2. BThe UK has become a federal state in which the regional powers are entrenched and cannot be removed by Westminster
3. CThe monarch shares power with regional parliaments
4. DLocal councils can override Acts of Parliament

The European Convention on Human Rights is enforced by:

1. AThe International Court of Justice in The Hague
2. BThe Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg
3. CThe European Parliament
4. DThe European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg

Which rights in the ECHR are absolute and allow no derogation even in an emergency?

1. AFreedom of expression (Article 10)
2. BRight to respect for private life (Article 8)
3. CFreedom of assembly (Article 11)
4. DThe prohibition of torture (Article 3)

Under Article 94 of the Dutch Constitution, Dutch courts:

1. ADo not apply statutes that conflict with treaty provisions binding on everyone
2. BCan strike down statutes that conflict with the Constitution or with general principles
3. CMust refer all treaty questions to the Council of State
4. DApply statutes even if they conflict with treaties

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 death penalty itself always amounts to torture under Article 3
3. COf the extreme conditions and long wait on death row
4. DThe US is not a party to the Convention

The Venice Commission is:

1. AAn Italian regional parliament
2. BThe EU's highest court
3. CThe Council of Europe's advisory body on constitutional law
4. DA United Nations body that hears individual human rights complaints

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

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