and oil revenues make it possible to maintain a high standard of living for the Libyan population. The presence of foreign capital is reduced, the enterprises in the sphere of large and medium industry are owned by the state. The basis of justice is the Quran. Judicial proceedings are conducted by a hierarchical system of courts. Small lawsuits are considered in the Magistrates' Courts. Next come the Courts of the First Stage, the Appellate Courts and the Supreme Court. The official main principle of government in Libya was: "Power, wealth and weapons - in the hands of the people." Modification of the theory in Libya The transformation of Libyan society into Jamahiriya was accompanied by many zigzags and went more slowly than Gaddafi intended. The system that he created may have aroused the Libyan people to political activism, but, as he had to admit, "popular participation in government was not complete". Therefore, at the session of the General People's Congress held in the town of Sirte on 18 November 1992, it was decided to set up a new political structure: this was to initiate the country's transition to the supreme level of democracy - "a Model Jamahiriya". It was about creating, instead of the primary public meetings (People's Congresses), 1500 communes, which are self-guided mini-states within a state, each with full authority within its district, including the allocation of budgetary funds. The need to reorganize the former political system, as explained by Gaddafi, was primarily due to the fact that it had "failed to ensure genuine democracy because of the complexity of the structure, which created a gap between the masses and the leadership, and was characterized by excessive centralization." As a whole, after 1992, the Jamahiriya pursued a policy of building an "Islamic socialist society" dominated by the slogan "Power, wealth and weapons – in the hands of the people!". See also Gaddafi loyalism Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011) The Green Book (Libya) Notes External links Libya: Third Universal Theory at country-data.com Alternative political system in Open Directory Project Green Book Site "Kaddafi.ru" Ryasov AV "Left" in the Arab East: the Libyan experience - M.: Institute for the Near East, 2005 (review) African and Black nationalism African socialism Anti-communism Arab nationalism in Libya Arab socialism Far-left politics History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi Islamic socialism Islamism in Libya Left-wing nationalism Patriotism Muammar Gaddafi Political theories Socialism in