That body of generally accepted rules, precedents, and practices commonly employed to regulate the proceedings of deliberative assemblies
Origin and development of parliamentary procedure
1. First systematized in the early English Parliament
2. Main principles in use since the reign of King Edward VI (1547-1553)
3. Rules form part of English common law
4. Dependent on decisions of the Chair, reports of parliamentary debates, judicial rulings, and other precedents
When the English colonies in the New World renounced their allegiance to the Crown, they adopted common law as their fundamental jurisprudence, including the English parliamentary usages</b>
Development of American parliamentary procedure
1. Early American congresses borrowed many legislative practices from the English Parliament
2. Improved on some rules and introduced new ones to meet growing requirements
3. Evolved a distinct American system of parliamentary procedure
Sources of parliamentary law in the United States
Constitution of the United States
Rules adopted by each House of Congress
Decisions of the Chair on points of order
Jefferson's Manual
Parliamentary procedure was adopted in the Philippines shortly after the advent of American sovereignty
Common law was not formally adopted in the Philippines, but many of its doctrines, methods, and practices were infused in Philippine laws
Parliamentary procedure in the Philippines today is based on the Constitution, rules of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, and supplemented by the rules of the US Senate and House of Representatives, and Jefferson's Manual
Common parliamentary procedure
The common practice of conducting business in assemblies which, though not legislative, are deliberative in character
Rules of common parliamentary procedure have been developed in the United States after long years of experience and practice, largely through the efforts of text writers
Among these writers, the name of Henry M. Robert is familiar to Filipinos; his Robert's Rules of Order is a standard authority among local organizations
