I should say that my main expertise is in parliamentary practice and legislative history. (slaw.ca)
The Current House of Representatives have adopted Jefferson's Manual of Parliamentary Practice. (politics.stackexchange.com)
An open invitation to all made it needless to invite representatives from special interest organizations to express their views, a clear departure from common parliamentary practice which has been, and remains, to invite special interest groups to influence, or even draft, legislation of interest to them. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)