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. According to Tom Bingham, who popularised discussions of the rule of law?

Dicey correct incorrect

Sir Robert Walpole correct incorrect

Sir Ivor Jennings correct incorrect

Aristotle   correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is not a feature of Dicey's conception of the rule of law?

Parliament cannot bind its successors correct incorrect

No one is above the law correct incorrect

Nobody can be punished except for a breach of the law correct incorrect

The constitution is protected by the Courts through the ordinary legal process correct incorrect

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. Section 1 of which Act represents the first statutory acknowledgement of the rule of law principle?

Magna Carta 1215 correct incorrect

Constitutional Reform Act 2005 correct incorrect

Parliament Act 1911 correct incorrect

Bill of Rights 1689 correct incorrect

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. Which of the following statements describe the facts of Entick v Carrington (1765)?

King's messengers enter property of another with an unlawful warrant, thereby committing trespass correct incorrect

Police officers stop and search an individual on the street against his will correct incorrect

An individual challenges his imprisonment during time of war, claiming that the power to imprison was exercised unlawfully correct incorrect

The King tries to levy taxes without Parliament's consent, the courts hold this to be unlawful correct incorrect

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. Dicey believed use of discretionary power was an affront to the rule of law. True or false?

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. In which case did the Home Secretary ignore a court order and deport an asylum seeker, leading to a finding of contempt of court?

IRC v Rossminster Ltd correct incorrect

A and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department correct incorrect

Re M correct incorrect

R (Anufrijeva) v Secretary of State for the Home Department    correct incorrect

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. Which of the following statements explains the formal conception of the rule of law?

Belief that the law must adhere to certain moral standards correct incorrect

Acceptance that Parliament is sovereign over the European Union correct incorrect

Understanding that what Parliament enacts as law is lawful and proper, regardless of its content and form of enactment correct incorrect

Adherence to certain, procedural characteristics, without concern for the content of the law itself correct incorrect

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. Which conception of the rule of law do we associate as being concerned with the content of the law?

The principle of legality correct incorrect

The formal conception   correct incorrect

The substantive conception correct incorrect

Dicey's conception correct incorrect

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. Judicial review has a role to play in upholding the rule of law. True or false?

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Which of the following statements explains the facts of Malone v Metropolitan Police Commissioner?

An individual stopped for speeding drives over a Police Officer's foot correct incorrect

An individual charged with handling stolen goods discovers his phone has been tapped, activity which he now seeks to challenge correct incorrect

An individual is deported to Zaire by the Home Secretary, against the orders of the court correct incorrect

An individual is charged with selling goods using metric, rather than imperial, measures correct incorrect