Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 184

The legislature’s failure to provide a definition or specification of acts of sovereignty which courts are prohibited from considering. Its implication: leaving their determination to the judiciary, contenting itself with declaring the principle of their existence. Its effect: the courts’ competence to determine the legal characterization of an act issued by the government and whether or not it constitutes an act of sovereignty. The trial court’s characterization of this matter is subject to review by the Court of Cassation. - Acts of sovereignty. Extend only to acts connected with high policy or measures taken by the government as a governing authority within the limits of its political function. Acts it undertakes as an administrative authority within the limits of its administrative power and what it performs within the framework of its administrative function. This characterization does not apply to them. Its effect. The challenged judgment’s departure from this view. Vitiates it. Example.