Lex Parliamentaria
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The Lex Parliamentaria; or, A treatise of the law and custom of the Parliaments of England, was a pocket manual for members of the English Parliament. It was originally attributed to George Petyt. However, the attribution to Irishman George Philips seems now to be widely accepted, and attribution has also been claimed by both Sir James Ware and Walter Harris.[1] Thomas Jefferson praised the book in a letter to his son-in-law, opining, "For parliamentary knowledge the Lex parliamentaria is the best book."[2] Its American counterpart is the Lex Parliamentaria Americana by Luther Stearns Cushing. The "lex parliamentaria" is also sometimes used to describe parliamentary law in general.
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- ^ [PHILIPS, George]; Lex Parliamentaria: or, a treatise of the law and custom of Parliaments. Shewing their antiquity, names, kinds, and qualities. ... The second edition, with large additions
- ^ Lyman Howard Legters, John P. Burke, Arthur DiQuattro. Critical Perspectives on Democracy, 11.
