Chapter 3 Self-test questions

. The UK constitution is: Please select all that apply.

uncodified.

entrenched.

traditionally unitary.

Parliamentary.

. A unitary state:

Has a legislature consisting of one chamber.

Has one central sovereign authority.

Shares authority between central and regional government.

. Which of the following is not a constitutional statute?

Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019

Act of Settlement 1701

Parliament Act 1911

Human Rights Act 1998

. According to Laws LJ in Thoburn v Sunderland City Council [2002] EWHC 195 (Admin), constitutional statutes can be impliedly repealed.

True

False

. What did Dicey refer to as 'rules of political morality'?

Constitutional statutes

Constitutional cases

Constitutional conventions

Royal Prerogative

. Under the Sewel convention, the UK Parliament will not legislate on devolved matters without the Scottish Parliament's consent.

True

False

. Which discretionary power is regulated by constitutional conventions?

Parliamentary sovereignty.

Parliamentary privilege.

Royal Prerogative.

. Which of the following statements is correct? Please select all that apply.

Dualism regards international law and a state's domestic law as two separate, distinct legal systems.

In a dualist state like the UK, international law automatically has effect in its legal system.

In the UK, a treaty is not part of English law until it has been incorporated by an Act of Parliament.

Making treaties is an executive power.

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