Legal Question in International Law in California

judicial review

What is judicial review? What difficulties does a Supreme Court Justice face when he/she is forced to decide a case?


Asked on 3/30/03, 9:36 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys

Francis R 'Francois' Favre, Esq. The International Lawyer

Re: judicial review

This is a matter of general law and opinion. Go to a text book on the subject!

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Answered on 5/26/03, 11:46 pm
Nora Milner Milner & Markee, LLP

Re: judicial review

Your question sounds like a bar exam question and I am not sure that an easy answer will help, however, here goes: judicial review is that right a court has to look over a decision of a lower tribunal and to make a new determination. Whether something can be reviewed is determined by statutory law and case law as well. The Sp. Ct has many difficulties, many of which involve whether they even have jurisdiction to decide a quetion.

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Answered on 4/11/03, 12:49 pm


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