Constitutional law worksheet with answers

A writ of habeas corpus:

1. APermits the government to search private homes
2. BOrders a public body to perform a statutory duty
3. CRequires a detained person to be brought before a court so that the legality of the detention can be tested
4. DAllows the police to detain a suspect without charge for up to a week while a court reviews the evidence against them

A constitutional monarchy is one in which the monarch:

1. AIs elected by parliament every five years
2. BHolds all legislative and executive power personally, and ministers merely advise on request
3. CLeads the governing political party
4. DIs head of state but acts within constitutional limits, mostly on ministers' advice

The Dutch Parliament (Staten-Generaal) consists of:

1. AThe House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) and the Senate (Eerste Kamer)
2. BThe Council of State and the Supreme Court
3. CThe provincial councils and municipal councils
4. DThe King and the Council of Ministers

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

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

In Bellinger v Bellinger, the House of Lords could not read the marriage law to recognise a trans woman's marriage to a man, so it:

1. ARead the statute compatibly under section 3
2. BReferred the case to Strasbourg
3. CStruck down the relevant provision
4. DMade a declaration of incompatibility

In Ghaidan v Godin-Mendoza, the House of Lords used section 3 of the Human Rights Act to read "as his or her wife or husband" in the Rent Act as:

1. AIncluding same-sex partners
2. BExcluding all unmarried partners
3. CApplying only to registered marriages
4. DIncompatible, so it issued a declaration

The "dualist" approach to international law means that:

1. ATreaties must be incorporated into national law before courts apply them domestically
2. BInternational law applies automatically in national courts as soon as a treaty is ratified
3. CCourts must apply only international law
4. DTreaties cannot be signed without a referendum

In Germany, an individual who claims a public authority has violated their basic rights may, after exhausting other remedies, bring:

1. AA request to the Federal President to veto
2. BA case to the European Court of Justice
3. CA petition directly to the Bundestag's President
4. DA constitutional complaint to the Federal Constitutional Court