| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| In what year was the bill of rights introduced? | 1689 | 75%
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| In what year? | 1707 | 50%
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| In which two years were the two Parliament Acts passed? | 1911 and 1949 | 50%
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| In what year? | 1972 | 50%
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| What is the name for the body of legal principles laid down by judges in rulings? | Common law | 50%
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| The concept of "innocent until proven guilty" comes from what source of the UK constitution? | Common law | 50%
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| What act established the principle that EU law would take precedence? | The European Communities act | 50%
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| What was this changed to in 1949? | 1 year delay | 25%
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| England and Scotland were united under which acts? | Acts of Union | 25%
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| Who first theorised the twin pillers? | A.V. Dicey | 25%
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| No parliament can ____ ___ _________ | Bind its successor | 25%
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| The act of settlement established the right of parliament to determine the line of succession to the throne. Which king was it trying to exclude? | James II | 25%
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| What is considered the most important treaty the UK has signed that transformen the EEC into the EU? | Maastricht | 25%
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| What could the Lords not delay after the first act? | Money bills | 25%
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| What are the two twin pillers? | Parliamentary sovereignty and rule of law | 25%
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| What is the name for the body of law passed by parliament? | Statute law | 25%
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| What provoked the first act to be passed? | The people's budget | 25%
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| What was the Lords power of veto replaced with? | Two year delay | 25%
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| Parliament can make law on ___ _______ | Any subject | 0%
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| Erskine May's "Parliamentary Practice" is an example of a what? | Authoritative work | 0%
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| And the third? | Freedom of speech in parliament | 0%
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| The second? | Free elections | 0%
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| Legislation passed by parliament cannot be struck down by a ______ ____ | Higher body | 0%
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| Conventions are customs and practices that do not have _____ _____ | Legal force | 0%
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| The Magna Carta set out the principle that no one should be deprived of _______ or ________ without due process of law | Liberty or property | 0%
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| What was one of the provisions included in the bill of rights for? | Regular parliaments | 0%
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| What are generally considered to be the two most important sources of the UK constitution (pre-brexit)? | Statute law and EU law | 0%
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| The rule of law states that what should be free from political interference? | The judiciary | 0%
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| What three words beginning with U describe the UK constitution? | Uncodified Unentrenched Unitary | 0%
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