Nonreviewable

Nonreviewable is an adjective used to describe something that cannot be reviewed, scrutinized, or appealed. In law, policy, and organizational governance, the term signals that oversight or appellate mechanisms do not apply to the item in question, indicating a lack of accessible external checks or remedies.

In the legal context, nonreviewable decisions are those for which courts have no jurisdiction to examine or reverse, often because the decision lies within discretionary political authority, involves issues of national sovereignty, or is deemed nonjusticiable. The concept is closely related to doctrines such as the political question doctrine and sovereign or statutory limitations on judicial review.

In administration and governance, procedures or actions may be described as nonreviewable when internal processes prohibit appeal or external oversight by design. Nevertheless, many systems provide other forms of accountability, such as compliance reviews, audits, or statutory remedies, so nonreviewability is not universal or absolute.

Etymology and related terms: nonreviewable is formed from the word review with the suffix -able. Related terms include unreviewable, unreviewed, and nonappellable. Related concepts include judicial review, discretionary power, and the political question doctrine, which together frame the boundaries between reviewable and nonreviewable authority.