Chapter 5 – Quiz

What are the sources of Community law?

What type of direct effect may EU law have?

What are the three different types of EU secondary legislation?

Which of the following are primary sources of EC law?

As long as treaties are of a mandatory nature and are stated with sufficient clarity and precision, then they have both vertical and horizontal effect

Decisions are a type of secondary legislation which are not intended to have general effect but are aimed at particular States or individuals

Council decisions require unanimity

When did the UK join the EEC?

On its entry, how was EC law incorporated into UK law?

The Council of Europe, the European Commission of Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights are all part of the EU structure

What institution was established by the Council of Europe to enforce the rights contained in the European Convention on Human Rights?

Which Treaty or Act goes back through several iterations to the original Treaty of Rome and contains the detail of the structure and operation of the European Union?

Law derived from previous EU provision is known as

Principles previously developed by the Court of Justice of the EU in relation to assimilated law continue to be applicable by English courts

Where does the Court of Justice of the European Union sit?

Which is the main legislative body of the European Community?

Which EU institution is the directly elected European institution and, to that extent, it can be seen as the body that exercises democratic control over the operation of the EU?

Which of the following is the final appeal court for human rights issues for persons living in the UK?

When did the UK ratify the ECHR?

Where does the European Court of Human Rights sit?

Any individual may submit an application alleging a breach by a Contracting State of one of the ECHR rights

Which of the following statements in relation to the impact of UK Human Rights legislation are correct?

Which concept refers to the fact that the ECtHR recognises that there may well be a range of responses to particular crises or social situations within individual States, which might well involve some legitimate limitation on the rights established under the ECHR?