John George Bourinot

Parliamentary Procedure and Practice in the Dominion of Canada. Fourth Edition. John George Bourinot 4th edition

Bourinot, Sir John George.
Parliamentary Procedure and Practice in the Dominion of Canada. Edited by Thomas Barnard Flint. Toronto: Canada Law Book, 1916. xx, 693 pp. Reprinted 2008 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-881-3. ISBN-10: 1-58477-881-4. Cloth. $125.

* Reprint of the fourth and final edition. Bourinot's classic treatise was first published in 1884. "The object which the author has had constantly in view...is to give such a summary of the rules and principles which guide the practice and proceedings of the Parliament of Canada as will assist the parliamentarian and all others who may be concerned in the working of our legislative system. (...) It is, moreover, been the writer's aim, not only to explain as fully as possible the rules and usages adopted in Canada, but also to give such copious references to the best authorities...as will enable the reader to compare Canadian with British procedure" (xi).