Constitutional law worksheet with answers

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

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

Which right is protected by Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights?

1. ARight to marry
2. BFreedom of expression
3. CRight to life
4. DProhibition of torture

In the UK, the royal prerogative is:

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

In Lingens v Austria, the European Court of Human Rights held that politicians:

1. AMust tolerate wider criticism than private individuals
2. BAre fully protected from any criticism
3. CCannot sue for defamation at all
4. DHave no rights under Article 10

Article 2 of the ECHR (right to life) imposes on states a positive obligation to:

1. AGuarantee that no citizen ever dies
2. BAbolish all police forces
3. CGuarantee free housing and healthcare to everyone within their territory
4. DTake appropriate steps to safeguard lives within their jurisdiction

A chief constable is dismissed without being told the charges or given a chance to respond. In Ridge v Baldwin, the House of Lords held:

1. AOnly Parliament could review the decision
2. BThe dismissal was valid, because the police had no contract
3. CThe dismissal was valid, as it was an administrative decision
4. DThe dismissal was void for breach of natural justice

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

1. ARefer the case directly to Strasbourg
2. BOverrule the court's declaration
3. CSuspend the Convention right in question
4. DAmend the incompatible legislation by a remedial order

A statute says a commission's "determination ... shall not be called in question in any court of law". In Anisminic v Foreign Compensation Commission, the House of Lords held:

1. AThe clause did not protect a decision based on an error of law, because that was a nullity
2. BThe clause excluded all judicial review
3. CThe decision was immune from review because the ouster clause applied to all its determinations
4. DThe clause was invalid as unconstitutional