Admin I Tutorials 1 
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW I
TUTORIAL SHEET 1
1. What is a Constitution? What are the features of constitutions in general?
2. Explain the difference between a federal and a unitary constitution
3. Why is the UK constitution considered to be (i) flexible and (ii) not entrenched?
4. What are the characteristics of the Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago?
5. Explain the following doctrines:- Constitutional Supremacy Separation of Powers The Rule of Law Conventions
6. Explain the contemporary constitutional role of the President.
7. Explain the Following Quotation from Thomas Paine “A constitution is not the Act of a government but of the people constituting a government a government without a constitution is power without right. A constitution is a thing antecedent to a government and a government is only the creature of a constitution”.
8. Give examples of conventional practices which regulate the work of parliament.
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW I
TUTORIAL SHEET 2
1. Define the theory of Constitutional Supremacy and give examples of this in relation to the Caribbean
2. Make a list of recent measures which could be considered entrenched in so far as the constitutional implications of repeal would make legal and theoretical possibilities irrelevant
3. What is the benefit of having a written constitution that is entrenched?
4. What is manner and form theory?
5. Compare the theory of Constitutional Supremacy in the Caribbean to the doctrine of Parliamentary Sovereignty in the UK.
6. Define the theory of parliamentary sovereignty and give examples of parliament’s competence to make laws which have fundamental constitutional significance.
7. Explain each of the following
(i) Parliament is competent to legislate on any subject whatsoever.
(ii) Once Parliament has legislated, no court or other body can decide upon the validity of that legislation
(iii) Each Parliament is sovereign and may repeal the legislation of a previous Parliament.
8. Lord
TUTORIAL SHEET 1
1. What is a Constitution? What are the features of constitutions in general?
2. Explain the difference between a federal and a unitary constitution
3. Why is the UK constitution considered to be (i) flexible and (ii) not entrenched?
4. What are the characteristics of the Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago?
5. Explain the following doctrines:- Constitutional Supremacy Separation of Powers The Rule of Law Conventions
6. Explain the contemporary constitutional role of the President.
7. Explain the Following Quotation from Thomas Paine “A constitution is not the Act of a government but of the people constituting a government a government without a constitution is power without right. A constitution is a thing antecedent to a government and a government is only the creature of a constitution”.
8. Give examples of conventional practices which regulate the work of parliament.
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW I
TUTORIAL SHEET 2
1. Define the theory of Constitutional Supremacy and give examples of this in relation to the Caribbean
2. Make a list of recent measures which could be considered entrenched in so far as the constitutional implications of repeal would make legal and theoretical possibilities irrelevant
3. What is the benefit of having a written constitution that is entrenched?
4. What is manner and form theory?
5. Compare the theory of Constitutional Supremacy in the Caribbean to the doctrine of Parliamentary Sovereignty in the UK.
6. Define the theory of parliamentary sovereignty and give examples of parliament’s competence to make laws which have fundamental constitutional significance.
7. Explain each of the following
(i) Parliament is competent to legislate on any subject whatsoever.
(ii) Once Parliament has legislated, no court or other body can decide upon the validity of that legislation
(iii) Each Parliament is sovereign and may repeal the legislation of a previous Parliament.
8. Lord