Libya's political system has no formal mechanism for choosing a leader, leaving the door open for improvisation, including the possible hereditary succession by Colonel Muammer Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam, writes Heba Saleh .
But "socialist revolutionary" Libya with its quirky system is not the only Arab "republic" where the ancient notion that power naturally transfers from father to son is alive and well. The wider Arab world has several de facto "hereditary republics".
Those Arab states that are not formally monarchies are generally ruled by presidents for life, who lead authoritarian regimes that deliberately prevent the emergence of new generations of politicians.
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