Advisory Opinion: A Jurisprudential and Comparative Legal Inquiry
Advisory Opinion: A Jurisprudential and Comparative Legal Inquiry I. Introduction The legal doctrine of the advisory opinion occupies a nuanced place in jurisprudence, straddling the boundary between judicial power and political counsel. Fundamentally, an advisory opinion is a formal legal interpretation provided by a court or other authoritative legal body on a question of law, which does not arise out of a concrete dispute between adversarial parties. Unlike binding judgments in cases or controversies, advisory Read more…