Robert's Rules of Order - Softcover

Henry M. Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0515078891 ISBN 13: 9780515078893

Publisher: Jove, 1985

Synopsis

There appears to be much needed a work on parliamentary law, based, in its general principles, upon the rules and practice of Congress, and adapted, in its details, to the use of ordinary societies. Such a work should give, not only the methods of organizing and conducting the meetings, the duties of the officers and the names of the ordinary motions, but in addition, should state in a systematic manner, in reference to each motion, its object and effect; whether it can be amended or debated; if debatable, the extent to which it opens the main question to debate; the circumstances under which it can be made, and what other motions can be made while it is pending. This Manual has been prepared with a view to supplying the above information in a condensed and systematic manner, each rule being either complete in itself, or giving references to every section that in any way qualifies it, so that a stranger to the work can refer to any special subject with safety.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

The definitive guide to parliamentary procedure since 1876, Robert's Rules is used daily by private, governmental, business and social organizations large and small. This is a reprint of the first edition.

About the Author

General Henry M. Robert, who gave his name to the book that has brought order to millions of meetings, was a U.S. Army Engineer officer of Huguenot decent born May 2, 1837. Led to study parliamentary law over a number of years by experiences in civil and church organizations, he published the first edition of Robert's Rules of Order on February 19, 1876. After his retirement from the Army in 1901, he practiced consulting engineering and devoted the last decade of his life to writing on parliamentary procedure. He died on May 11, 1923.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jove
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0515078891
• ISBN 13: 9780515078893
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 204