Royal University of Malta: BA 1943; LLD (law doctorate) 1946; Oxford: BLitt 1949, MA 1952.
[citation needed] Busuttil was deputy leader of Malta's Constitutional Party and was a member of Parliament between 1952 and 1953, as well as speaker of the House of Representatives.
Busuttil was vice-president of the Centro Internazionale di Ricerche, Studi Sociologici, Penali e Penitenziari of Messina, Italy.
[citation needed] Busuttil died on 20 December 2009, and was survived by his wife Emma and three sons, Clarence, Graham, and Trafford.
He is buried at the cemetery of Santa Maria Addolorata ("Our Lady of Sorrows") in Paola, the largest graveyard of the country.