This quest lurched back and forth between state autonomy and centralization.

Coronelismo, which supported state autonomy, was called the "politics of the governors".

"If you look through American history there's an ebb and flow of more state autonomy and more federal authority," he said.

These are all people whose cases were thrown out of court because of the conservatives' reverence for state autonomy.

There are three possible forms of state autonomy:

On the other, the people from the provinces wanted to decentralize the nation, giving state autonomy to the provinces.

How broad a view of state autonomy the Court will take in future decisions remains unclear.

Gilpin specializes in political economy and international relations, especially the effect of multinational corporations on state autonomy.

The earlier issues up until it gained state autonomy in December 1954, mostly featured the head of the Dutch monarch on them.

The promulgation of a Federal rule would establish uniformity but at the expense of state autonomy.