THE LAW OF MEETINGS Their Conduct and Procedure

• Main Author: Shaw, Sebag Sir (Author)
• Other Authors: Smith, Edgar Dennis
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Estover, England Macdonald and Evans 1979
• Edition: 5th. ed
• Subjects: Public meetings > Great Britain; Parliamentary practice > Great Britain
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 The object of this book is to provide a comprehensive survey of the rules, legal and conventional, which regulate the constitu tion and conduct of meetings. An effort has been made to pre sent the subject-matter in its logical development from general custom and common law to the special and often intricate regu lations which are peculiar to particular bodies. Where the source of a rule or principle is not manifest, its raison d'être has been indicated, L.e. expediency, equity and so on. This book should thus be of value not only as a work of reference but also to the layman, and especially as a textbook for the student whose needs have been kept always in mind. Part I reviews the law of meetings from its external aspect, and deals with such matters as the so-called rights of meeting and right of free speech. In Part II the rules which govern meetings in general from their internal aspect are considered, as for example voting rights, resolutions, amendments and the like. Part III is concerned with the special rules affecting com panies under the Companies Act 1929, while Part IV deals similarly with local authorities. In Part V the meetings of mis cellaneous bodies are investigated including, in particular, those of statutory companies.