Judicial Oversight of the Constitutionality of the Systems in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abstract

The Noble Qur’an and the noble Prophet’s Sunnah are the supreme rules and the supreme constitution of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that are not supposed to be violated at any case. After that، the provisions of the Basic Law of Governance، which are considered as the written constitutional document of the Kingdom، come to the fore. Logic and law; therefore, necessitate the unavailability of issuing any regulations that contradict them. Monitoring laws is an important issue as it is the primary means for the stability of the legal system، and it is the jurisdiction of the courts as it is considered one of the most important guarantees granted in order to establish the principle of legitimacy and the rule of law. On the other hand، in order not to conflict with the above، the principle of the supremacy of the constitution is the one that dictates that all laws become inferior and below it in the principle of hierarchy and no system may intersect or contradict the constitution.