Bibliographie complète

Legge fondamentale per la Tripolitania. Al-qanun al-asasi li’l-qathar al-tarabulusi (1 June 1919, printed text in Italian and Arabic), in ASMAI, Libia 122/22, fasc. 196. The Fundamental law (which al-Baruni defines as “Dustur”, i.e. Constitution), granted Italian citizenship (of a special kind) to all those born in Tripolitania, stated the equality of all citizens before the law and listed the fundamental civil and political rights of the citizen (individual freedom, inviolability of the home, inviolability of property, right to compete for civil and military positions, active and passive electoral rights, right to petition the national parliament, etc.). Among other things, it guaranteed respect for religion, local principles and customs, and the freedom of the press and of assembly. According to the fundamental law, the government would have been constituted by a governor appointed by the king and by a local parliament elected by the population.