Robert's Rules of Order (Revised for Deliberative Assemblies) - Softcover

Robert, Henry M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 142095332X ISBN 13: 9781420953329

Publisher: Digireads.com, 2016

Synopsis

Originally published in 1896, “Robert’s Rules of Order,” remains to this day the manual of choice when it comes to conducting orderly productive proceedings. As General Henry M. Robert describes in his preface to the work, “The object of Rules of Order is to assist an assembly to accomplish in the best possible manner the work for which it was designed. To do this it is necessary to restrain the individual somewhat, as the right of an individual, in any community, to do what he pleases, is incompatible with the interests of the whole. Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of real liberty. Experience has shown the importance of definiteness in the law; and in this country, where customs are so slightly established and the published manuals of parliamentary practice so conflicting, no society should attempt to conduct business without having adopted some work upon the subject as the authority in all cases not covered by its own special rules.” Whatever the intent of an assembly may be it needs some formalized procedure to conduct its business in an orderly fashion. In the absence of an established set of procedures for assembly meetings “Robert’s Rules of Order” provides an effective set of rules for conducting orderly proceedings. This edition follows the revised 1915 edition and is printed on premium acid-free paper.

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Digireads.com
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 142095332X
• ISBN 13: 9781420953329
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 172