Nature and Sources of UK Constitution

An uncodified constitution is also described as being...

• Entrenched

• Judicial

• Flexible

• Rigid

The UK Constitution is uncodified or derived from a variety of sources which means it is...

• entrenched

• federal

• unentrenched

• revolutionary

In the UK constitution supreme power (or sovereignty) is held by...

• the Queen

• the people

• the Prime Minister

• Parliament

Magna Carta is a UK constitutional document. It was signed by which King?

• Richard I

• Henry VIII

• James II

• John

What did the Parliament Act of 1911 & 1949 establish?

• The House of Lords power to veto government bills

• The Queen's power to veto government bills

• Votes for women

• The democratic legitimacy of Parliament (by asserting the primacy of the House of Commons over the House of Lords)

The Rule of Law means that...

• MPs are above the law.

• laws apply equally to every citizen; nobody is above the law.

• the Queen is above the law.

• bills only become law when they are signed by the monarch.

Under which convention is the House of Lords NOT allowed to oppose legislation that was in the winning party's manifesto?

• Sainsbury

• Salisbury

• Shrewsbury

• Shropshire

In which year was the European Communities Act passed in the UK?

• 1970

• 1971

• 1972

• 1973

What is the name for parliamentary bills that are approved by both houses of Parliament and given royal assent?

• common law

• conventions

• statute law

• treaties

What is the name for laws made by judges' decisions in important legal cases?

• common law

• conventions

• statute law

• treaties