Exam 2: Sources of the Constitution

Statutes, judicial decisions and the law and custom of Parliament are the ONLY sources upon which the UK constitution is based.

The European Community should now be referred to as the European Union.

The case of Attorney General v Jonathan Cape Ltd (1976) illustrates that, while courts cannot adjudicate on conventions, they will recognise them.

Explain how conventions can be distinguished from 'habits', 'understandings', 'practices' and laws.

Which of the following are NOT contained in the provisions of the Bill of Rights 1689?

Which of the following is NOT a change enacted by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005?

Which of the following are constitutional conventions?

Which of the following is FALSE?

Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of codifying constitutional conventions.

The Act of Settlement of 1700 ended the Monarch's power to dismiss judges at will.

Royal Prerogative powers are based in statute.

Which of the following is NOT one of the words used by AC Dicey in 1885 to describe constitutional conventions?

Explain how the convention of ministerial responsibility can be 'waived' in certain circumstances and why this is important.

Using examples to support your answer, evaluate the difficulties inherent in determining whether or not an Act of Parliament is 'constitutional' in nature.

Define constitutional conventions and outline how they form part of the UK's unwritten constitution.

The provisions of the Bill of Rights 1689 cannot be repealed.

The Bill of Rights 1689 states that the leader of the party with the highest majority in the House of Commons will become Prime Minister.

Which of these is not a year in which the convention of collective ministerial responsibility was relaxed or 'waived'?

Evaluate whether or not the monarch's withholding of the Royal Assent would be a breach of convention.

There is a definitive consensus as to which rules in the UK system are 'constitutional' and which are not.