The '''scope of review''' refers generally to the right to have an issue raised on appeal. It entails whether an issue was preserved by or available to an appellant on appeal.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Phillips|first=J. Dickson|date=1984-04-01|title=The Appellate Review Function: Scope of Review|url=https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/lcp/vol47/iss2/2|journal=Law and Contemporary Problems|volume=47|issue=2|pages=1–12|issn=0023-9186|doi=10.2307/1191679|jstor=1191679|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Scope of review is to the appellate court what the burden of proof is to the trial court.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kunsch|first=Kelly|date=1994–1995|title=Standard of Review (State and Federal): A Primer|url=https://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1436&context=sulr|journal=Seattle University Law Review|volume=18|pages=11}}</ref> For example, in the United States, a party can preserve an issue for appeal by raising an objection at trial.

Scope of review further relates to matters such as which judicial acts the appellate court can examine and what remedies it can apply.{{cn|date=August 2023}}

The scope of review for administrative law evolved substantially in the 1970s and 1980s.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Garland|first=Merrick B.|date=1985|title=Deregulation and Judicial Review|journal=Harvard Law Review|volume=98|issue=3|pages=505–591|doi=10.2307/1340869|issn=0017-811X|jstor=1340869}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/706|title=5 U.S. Code § 706 - Scope of review|website=LII / Legal Information Institute|language=en|access-date=2019-03-23}}</ref>

== See also ==

* Standard of review

== References == {{Reflist}}

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