Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3535

The legislature's failure to provide a definition or specification of acts of sovereignty which courts are prohibited from examining. Its consequence: leaving their determination to the judiciary, contenting itself with declaring the principle of their existence. The effect thereof: 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 court of merits' legal characterization of this matter is subject to review by the Court of Cassation. - 670 - Civil Procedure - Acts of sovereignty. Extend only to those acts connected with high policy or with 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 description does not apply to them. The effect thereof. The challenged judgment's departure from this view. Renders it defective. Example. 15- Its authority to assess the seriousness of a plea of unconstitutionality:-