Constitutional law worksheet with answers

A codified constitution is one whose main rules are:

1. AAgreed afresh after every election
2. BFound only in judicial decisions
3. CCollected in a single written document
4. DBased entirely on unwritten customs

Individual ministerial responsibility means that a minister:

1. AMust personally approve every decision of their department
2. BIs personally liable to pay damages for errors made by their civil servants
3. CIs accountable to Parliament for their department and personal conduct
4. DCan be removed from office by the courts

The rule of law means, at its core, that:

1. AEveryone, including the government, is subject to the law
2. BOnly citizens must follow the law
3. CThe government can change any law at any time without limits
4. DJudges make all laws

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

1. AAdequately accessible and foreseeable in its effects
2. BContained in a single written statute passed by parliament
3. CApproved by a referendum
4. DOlder than the Convention

In England and Wales, a claim for judicial review must generally be filed:

1. AAt any time
2. BPromptly, and in any event within three months
3. CWithin six years
4. DWithin one year

Which ground of judicial review applies when a decision-maker ignores a relevant consideration?

1. AProcedural impropriety only
2. BNone, because courts never review considerations
3. CIllegality
4. DLegitimate expectation only

Under Osman v UK, a state breaches its positive obligation under Article 2 to protect a person from a third party if the authorities:

1. AFailed to convict the person who later killed the victim
2. BDid not provide round-the-clock police protection for every person who had reported any threat against them
3. CFailed to prevent any crime in their area
4. DKnew or ought to have known of a real and immediate risk to life, and failed to take reasonable measures

In R (Nicklinson) v Ministry of Justice (2014), concerning the ban on assisted suicide, the majority of the UK Supreme Court:

1. ADeclined to make a declaration of incompatibility at that time, leaving it to Parliament
2. BMade a declaration of incompatibility with Article 8, while leaving the ban itself in force for now
3. CRead the ban down under section 3 to allow assisted dying
4. DHeld that Article 8 was not engaged at all