Constitutional law worksheet with answers

Which body adopts laws in a parliamentary democracy?

1. AThe prime minister alone
2. BThe police
3. CThe legislature (parliament)
4. DThe supreme court

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

1. AProhibition of torture
2. BFreedom of expression
3. CRight to marry
4. DRight to life

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

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

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

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

1. AHave no rights under Article 10
2. BCannot sue for defamation at all
3. CMust tolerate wider criticism than private individuals
4. DAre fully protected from any criticism

In the Factortame litigation, while the UK was an EU member, the House of Lords:

1. AHeld that EU law could never limit Acts of Parliament
2. BDeclared the European Communities Act 1972 invalid
3. CReferred the matter to the European Court of Human Rights
4. DDisapplied parts of an Act of Parliament that conflicted with EU law

In R (Privacy International) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal (2019), the Supreme Court held that an ouster clause protecting the Tribunal's decisions:

1. ADid not exclude judicial review of its errors of law
2. BApplied only to decisions on national security
3. CExcluded all review of its decisions
4. DWas invalid because it was in secondary legislation

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