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. CElects the Speaker of the House of Commons
4. DMust approve all money bills within one week

A "rigid" constitution is one that:

1. ACan be amended only by a special procedure
2. BIs enforced strictly by the army
3. CCan be changed by an ordinary Act
4. DCan never be amended at all

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. BParliament transfers some powers to bodies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland while remaining sovereign
3. CLocal councils can override Acts of Parliament
4. DThe monarch shares power with regional parliaments

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

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

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. AApplying only to registered marriages
2. BIncluding same-sex partners
3. CExcluding all unmarried partners
4. DIncompatible, so it issued a declaration

Under the Human Rights Act 1998, a private body with some "functions of a public nature" is:

1. ABound by the Act only if it receives most of its funding from the state
2. BNever bound by the Act
3. CBound by the Act for its public functions, but not for private acts
4. DBound by the Act in everything it does

In the Urgenda case (2019), the Dutch Supreme Court upheld an order requiring the State to:

1. AReduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25% compared with 1990 by the end of 2020
2. BWithdraw from international climate agreements
3. CPay damages to every Dutch citizen
4. DClose all coal power stations immediately

The government introduces high fees for bringing claims to employment tribunals, and the number of claims falls sharply. In R (UNISON) v Lord Chancellor (2017), the Supreme Court held:

1. AThe fees were unlawful because they prevented access to justice
2. BThe fees were lawful because Parliament authorised fees
3. CThe fees breached only EU competition law
4. DThe fees were lawful because users of the courts must pay for them