Constitutional law worksheet with answers

Which Act created the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom?

1. AConstitutional Reform Act 2005
2. BParliament Act 1911
3. CHuman Rights Act 1998
4. DScotland Act 1998

The separation of powers divides state power between:

1. AThe central, regional and local tiers of government
2. BThe police, the army and the courts
3. CParliament, the monarch and the church
4. DThe legislature, the executive and the judiciary

Devolution in the UK means that:

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

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

Under ECHR case law such as Sunday Times v UK, for a restriction to be "prescribed by law", the law must be:

1. AOlder than the Convention
2. BAdequately accessible and foreseeable in its effects
3. CContained in a single written statute passed by parliament
4. DApproved by a referendum

Proportionality review usually asks whether a measure:

1. AIs popular with voters
2. BIs the cheapest option available and has been approved by parliament
3. CWas adopted quickly
4. DPursues a legitimate aim, is suitable, necessary and balanced

In Madzimbamuto v Lardner-Burke, the Privy Council held that the UK Parliament could still legislate for Southern Rhodesia because:

1. ARhodesia had consented to the legislation
2. BThe convention was legally binding but had been waived by Rhodesia
3. CA convention that it would not do so did not limit its legal power
4. DRhodesia had become fully independent

Officers enter a writer's house and seize his papers under a warrant issued by a Secretary of State with no legal authority to issue it. In Entick v Carrington, the court held:

1. AThe search was unlawful, because state action needs legal authority
2. BThe writer could only complain to Parliament
3. CThe search was lawful, because the warrant was signed
4. DThe search was lawful, because state necessity justified seizing the papers