Constitutional law worksheet with answers

The European Convention on Human Rights was drawn up within:

1. ANATO
2. BThe Council of Europe
3. CThe European Union
4. DThe United Nations

Individual ministerial responsibility means that a minister:

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

Judicial review allows courts to:

1. ARewrite any legislation they consider unwise
2. BDecide elections
3. CCheck whether public bodies act lawfully
4. DAppoint government ministers

After Burmah Oil v Lord Advocate held that compensation was due for property destroyed during the war, Parliament passed the War Damage Act 1965, which:

1. AWas struck down by the courts
2. BRequired the courts to hear the case again
3. CRemoved the right to compensation retrospectively
4. DIncreased the compensation payable

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

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

Constitutional conventions are:

1. AWritten rules found in statutes that courts enforce like any other law
2. BNon-legal rules of political practice that are regarded as binding
3. CInternational treaties about the constitution
4. DMeetings held to write a new constitution

In R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the EU (2017), the Supreme Court said about the Sewel convention that:

1. AIt applies only to Northern Ireland
2. BIt is a political convention that courts cannot enforce
3. CIt requires Scottish consent to the UK's withdrawal from the EU
4. DIt became legally binding when written into statute

The legitimate expectation doctrine protects individuals when:

1. AAny person hopes for a favourable decision
2. BA minister speaks in Parliament
3. CA public body made a clear promise or established practice that it then seeks to depart from unfairly
4. DA contract with the government exists and the public body later fails to perform its contractual obligations