Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1573

The absence from Law 23 of 1990 concerning the Organization of the Judiciary of a definition and specification of acts of sovereignty. Its effect. The courts' jurisdiction to determine the legal characterization of an act emanating from the government. Their subjection in this regard to review by the Court of Cassation. - The court of fact's characterization of a governmental act as an act of sovereignty. Its implication is that it lacks jurisdiction to consider it. - The elements distinguishing ordinary administrative acts from acts of sovereignty. Their nature: the political character of acts of sovereignty and their emanation from the government in its capacity as a governing authority, not an administrative authority.