Robert's Rules of Order
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Robert's Rules of Order is a handbook of parliamentary procedure that is often used as the parliamentary authority by deliberative bodies, as part of their overall rules of order. The book's rules were designed for use in ordinary societies rather than national and state legislative assemblies. The first edition of the books was published in 1876 by General (U.S. Army) Henry Martyn Robert (1837–1923); its procedures were loosely modeled after those used in the United States House of Representatives. General Robert designed his rules as a standard set that would be familiar, functional, and uniform.
Through a family trust, and later through the Robert's Rules Association, several subsequent editions of Robert's work have been published; the current edition is Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, Tenth Edition (2000) (paperback ISBN 0-7382-0307-6; hardcover ISBN 0-7382-0384-X). Since the copyrights for several of the original editions have expired, numerous other books and manuals have been published incorporating "Robert's Rules of Order" as part of their titles, some of them based on those earlier editions.
See Also
- Rules of order: there are other common sets of rules of procedure
External links
- "Official Robert's Rules Of Order Web Site" (http://www.robertsrules.com/) Site of the Robert family trust
- Sites providing full text of older editions:
- Constitution.org, Robert's Rules of Order Revised (http://www.constitution.org/rror/rror--00.htm) Full text of 1915 (4th) ed.
- RulesOnline (http://www.rulesonline.com) Full text of 1915 (4th) ed., and other resources
- Bartleby.com: Full text of Robert's Rules Of Order (http://www.bartleby.com/176/) Full text of 1915 (4th) ed.