Chapter 2 Multiple choice questions

Sources of the Constitution
. What role do Ministers have in Parliament?

. Public lawyers only focus on the constitutional rules found in legislation and case law.

. The Cabinet Manual is a significant legal instrument, which codifies the UK constitution

. Which of the following are examples of constitutional statutes? Please select all that apply.
Match the type of constitutional rule to who makes the rule.

. Match the type of constitutional rule to who makes the rule.

. How are constitutional statutes amended?

. Political constitutionalists believe that elective representatives in a parliament are the most legitimate holders of the ultimate law-making powers. This position translates itself into a sceptical view of the constitutional role of judges.

. Legal constitutionalists believe that elected representatives cannot be solely responsible for legitimizing and limiting government power. They argue that courts and legally enforceable rights are required to limit and legitimize government power.

. Which of the following are examples of constitutional conventions? Please select all that apply.

. Match the author with their view on the distinction between constitutional laws and constitutional conventions.

Laws are enforced by the courts, while conventions are not.

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Laws and conventions are not separate categories of rules and should be placed on a spectrum of social rules.

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There is no distinction in substance or nature between laws and conventions.

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The sharp dichotomy between law and convention should be contested as it rests on a separation between legal and political principle.

. On 18 March 2019, the Speaker of the House of Commons (John Bercow MP) acted unconstitutionally in ruling that the government could not ask the House of Commons to debate and have a third 'meaningful vote' if the arrangements negotiated between the government and the EU were the same, or substantially the same, for the purposes of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019.

. According to Rawlings the increased use of concordats is a direct result of __________.

. The United Kingdom is a dualist system, which means that international treaties are only a source of law recognised by the courts if they are expressly ____________ into domestic law by national legislation.

. Which of the following were cited by the House of Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee as objections to the adoption of written constitution? Please select all that apply.

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