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Chapter 3 Multiple-choice questions
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The UK constitution is: Please select all that apply.
uncodified.
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entrenched.
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traditionally unitary.
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Parliamentary.
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A unitary state:
Has a legislature consisting of one chamber.
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Has one central sovereign authority.
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Shares authority between central and regional government.
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Which of the following is
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a constitutional statute?
Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019
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Act of Settlement 1701
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Parliament Act 1911
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Human Rights Act 1998
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According to Laws LJ in
Thoburn v Sunderland City Council
[2002] EWHC 195 (Admin), constitutional statutes can be impliedly repealed.
True
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False
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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.
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In a dualist state like the UK, international law automatically has effect in its legal system.
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In the UK, a treaty is not part of English law until it has been incorporated by an Act of Parliament.
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Making treaties is an executive power.
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What did Dicey refer to as 'rules of political morality'?
Constitutional statutes
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Constitutional cases
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Constitutional conventions
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Royal Prerogative
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Under the Sewel convention, the UK Parliament will not normally legislate on devolved matters without the Scottish Parliament's consent.
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False
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Which discretionary power is regulated by constitutional conventions?
Parliamentary sovereignty.
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Parliamentary privilege.
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Royal Prerogative.
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