州しゅう権けん論ろん

noun

states' rights theory

A political concept, primarily in U.S. history, advocating that individual states retain certain powers and rights independent of the federal government. Rare term in Japanese.

• アメリカの歴れき史しでは、州しゅう権けん論ろんが南なん北ぼく戦せん争そうの一いち因いんとなった。

  In American history, the states' rights theory was one of the causes of the Civil War.