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CHAPTER 23: The State and the Citizen


1. Maladministration is:

a) A mistake by administrators
b) Inefficient administration
c) Excessive or incompetent use of administrative powers

2. The boundaries between citizens and non-citizens is:

a) Unclear
b) Clearly identified by immigration law
c) Clearly identified by administrative decree of the Home Office

3. Tribunals are:

a) Law making bodies
b) Adjudicatory bodies
c) Advisory bodies

4. The (Franks) Report of the Committee on Administrative Tribunals was published in:

a) 1957
b) 1967
c) 1997

5. The Tribunal system rests on:

a) Charismatic authority
b) Traditional authority
c) Rational legal authority

6. The Leggatt Report of 2001 led to:

a) A cull of tribunals
b) The establishment of the Tribunals Service
c) An expansion in the number of tribunals 

7. The Parliamentary Ombudsman is more formally known as:

a) The Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration
b) The Office of Parliamentary Standards
c) The Office of Parliamentary Privileges

8. Ombudsmen have in recent years:

a) Become more common across British institution
b) Become less common across British institutions
c) Not changed in their incidence across British institutions

9. The Habeas Corpus Act dates from:

a) 1679
b) 1789
c) 1990

10. The Habeas Corpus Act:

a) Can never be set aside by Parliament
b) Has been set aside by Parliament in emergencies
c) Has been set aside by Parliament on numerous occasions

11. The Freedom of Information Act was passed in:

a) 1997
b) 2000
c) 2002

12. The Human Rights Act was passed in:

a) 1998
b) 2000
c) 2001

13. The Human Rights Act makes enforceable in domestic law:

a) The provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights
b) The decisions of the European Court of Justice
c) The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights

14. Rules governing the behaviour of public servants:

a) Are becoming more common and detailed
b) Are becoming rarer
c) Are not changing in number or detail

15. The Refugee Council is:

a) An official British government body
b) A federation of institutions concerned with the protection of the rights of refugees
c) A lobby to reduce the number of refugees entering Britain

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