Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 691

Law 23 of 1990 concerning the Organization of the Judiciary contains no definition or specification of acts of sovereignty. The effect thereof. The courts have jurisdiction to determine the legal characterization of an act issued by the government. They are subject in this respect to the supervision of the Court of Cassation. - The trial court’s characterization of a government act as an act of sovereignty. Its import. Its lack of jurisdiction to examine it. - 488 - Civil Procedure. - The elements distinguishing ordinary administrative acts from acts of sovereignty. Their nature: the political character of acts of sovereignty and their issuance by the government in its capacity as a governing authority, not an administrative authority.