This pa er discusses recent results relating to the parametric approact to robust stability. The general problem of robust stability is defined and a review of Kharitonov e and edge theorems, zero exclusion results, interval matrix staBity, maximal perturbation bounds, multilinear and nonlinear perturbations, time delay systems and numerical/graphical approaches is presented. Some open research directions are indicated, concluding remarks on the future of the approach are given and an extensive list of references is included.