Facts (Ch 6+9)

Question 1

Examples of statute law

Answer 1

European Communities Act (1972)
The Human Rights Act (1998)
Fixed-term Parliaments Act (2011)

Question 2

Example of a convention

Answer 2

Salisbury Convention (HoL should not vote down bills passed through HoC)

Question 3

Examples of Authoritative Works

Answer 3

The English Constitution - Walter Baeghot (1867)

An Introduction to the Study of Law of the Constitution - A.V. Dicey (1884)

Question 4

When did the UK become affected by EU Law?

Answer 4

When we joined on 1st of January 1973

Question 5

Devolution Acts

Answer 5

Scotland Act (1998)
Welsh Assembly (1997)

Question 6

Hereditary peers left in parliament post-reform

Answer 6

92

Question 7

Supreme Court founded and enacted

Answer 7

F: 2005 (Constitutional Reform Act)
E: October 2009

Question 8

What did Labour’s Constitutional Reforms fail to achieve?

Answer 8

Written Constitution
Bill of Rights
Wholly elected HoL
Fairer electoral system

Question 9

Name 3 Supreme Court judges

Answer 9

Lord Neuberger
Baroness Hale
Lord Brown

Question 10

A country that has a codified constitution

Answer 10

USA