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1.Easy

An ombudsman typically:

  1. AProsecutes criminal offences committed by ministers and civil servants
  2. BInvestigates complaints of maladministration by public bodies
  3. CDrafts legislation for parliament
  4. DHears appeals from the highest court
2.Easy

The European Convention on Human Rights is enforced by:

  1. AThe Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg
  2. BThe International Court of Justice in The Hague
  3. CThe European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg
  4. DThe European Parliament
3.Easy

The United Kingdom's constitution is best described as:

  1. AFully written in one document
  2. BCopied from the US constitution
  3. CSet out entirely in EU treaties
  4. DLargely uncodified
4.Medium

In Thoburn v Sunderland City Council (the "metric martyrs" case), Laws LJ said that "constitutional statutes":

  1. ACannot be impliedly repealed, only expressly
  2. BPrevail automatically over all later Acts of Parliament
  3. CCannot be repealed at all
  4. DMust be approved by referendum
5.Medium

A bicameral legislature has:

  1. ANo elected members
  2. BOne chamber
  3. CTwo chambers
  4. DThree chambers
6.Medium

In Dudgeon v UK, the European Court of Human Rights held that criminalising consensual homosexual acts between adult men in Northern Ireland:

  1. AWas outside the scope of the Convention
  2. BViolated only the right to marry
  3. CViolated the right to respect for private life under Article 8
  4. DWas justified under Article 8(2) as necessary to protect public morals
7.Hard

The "margin of appreciation" doctrine of the European Court of Human Rights means that:

  1. AEvery state must apply identical rules
  2. BStates have some discretion in how they protect rights, especially on sensitive moral issues
  3. CThe Court never reviews national decisions
  4. DStates may disregard Strasbourg judgments whenever their own parliament disagrees with the outcome
8.Hard

After a court makes a declaration of incompatibility, section 10 of the UK Human Rights Act 1998 allows a minister to:

  1. AOverrule the court's declaration
  2. BRefer the case directly to Strasbourg
  3. CAmend the incompatible legislation by a remedial order
  4. DSuspend the Convention right in question

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Investigates complaints of maladministration by public bodies
  2. 2. C · The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg
  3. 3. D · Largely uncodified
  4. 4. A · Cannot be impliedly repealed, only expressly
  5. 5. C · Two chambers
  6. 6. C · Violated the right to respect for private life under Article 8
  7. 7. B · States have some discretion in how they protect rights, especially on sensitive moral issues
  8. 8. C · Amend the incompatible legislation by a remedial order

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