Principles of Parliamentary Law

In this short video we touch on the fundamental principles of parliamentary law.
Dakota James Owen Keeler
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The Rules of Parliamentary Procedure as laid out in RONR 12th ed are based on the weighing of the interest of the rights of individuals and subgroups in the organization.
of the majority,
of the minority, especially a strong minority—greater than one third,
of individual members,
of absentees, and
of all these together.

The means of protecting all of these rights in appropriate measure forms much of the substance of parliamentary law. The need for this protection dictates the degree of development that the subject has undergone.

Parliamentary Law allows for a group of people to effectively empower their leadership while maintaining the degree of control over the body that they see fit.

Ultimately the general will is based of the majority vote of the body. However this action is only taken once the minatory has had the opportunity to make a case for and convince other of the other path in a full and free discussion. Only a Two-Thirds majority can silence any member and deny them the right to speak. -- However this shouldn’t be over used. A minority that doesn’t feel like they had a fair chance to state their side will not submit to the general will. It could either fraction the organization at beast or lead to members half assing putting the general will into effect.

In this connection, there is an underlying assumption of a right that exists even though it may not always be prudent or helpful for it to be exercised.

The next major point to protect against fluctuation in attendance. Thus RONR requires you to have more votes to change something previously adopted than to adopt it in the first place.

Fundamentally, under the rules of parliamentary law, a deliberative body is a free agent—free to do what it wants to do with the greatest measure of protection to itself and of consideration for the rights of its members.

The application of parliamentary law is the best method yet devised to enable assemblies of any size, with due regard for every member’s opinion, to arrive at the general will on the maximum number of questions of varying complexity in a minimum amount of time and under all kinds of internal climate ranging from total harmony to hardened or impassioned division of opinion.