Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

deep issue.

The fundamental issue to be decided by a court in ruling on a point of law. "Essentially, a deep issue is the ultimate, concrete question that a court needs to answer to decide a point your way. Deep refers to the deep structure of the case - not to deep thinking. The deep issue is the final question you pose when you can no longer usefully ask the follow-up question, And what does that turn on?'" Bryan A. Garner, The Winning Brief 49 (1999).