Constitutional law worksheet with answers

In the United States, the "Bill of Rights" refers to:

1. AA statute passed by Congress in the 1960s
2. BThe Declaration of Independence
3. CThe first article of the Constitution
4. DThe first ten amendments to the Constitution

In the UK, the head of government is:

1. AThe Lord Chancellor
2. BThe Prime Minister
3. CThe monarch
4. DThe Speaker of the House of Commons

In the UK, after a bill passes both Houses of Parliament, it becomes an Act when it receives:

1. ACabinet confirmation
2. BJudicial approval
3. CA referendum vote
4. DRoyal Assent

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. ARemoved the right to compensation retrospectively
2. BRequired the courts to hear the case again
3. CWas struck down by the courts
4. DIncreased the compensation payable

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. BApproved by a referendum
3. CContained in a single written statute passed by parliament
4. DOlder than the Convention

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

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

In YL v Birmingham City Council (2007), the House of Lords held that a private care home housing residents funded by a council:

1. AWas not exercising a function of a public nature under the Human Rights Act
2. BWas a hybrid public authority bound by the Act for all the care it provided
3. CCould not house publicly funded residents
4. DWas a core public authority

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