A system should be evolved to effect further devolution of authority in future.

There needs to be devolution of authority: that's the key implication for policy.

That could impede the lawful devolution of authority from the center.

Republican leaders, however, were equally insistent upon the greatest possible devolution of authority consistent with the maintenance of a single state.

The devolution of authority from the Central Committee had increased rapidly since the 6th Party Congress.

In the devolution of authority to one individual as the head of a collective, a system of checks on arbitrary authority is prevalent.

But in other regions, the devolution of authority after the collapse of Communism gave enlightened leaders the opportunity to create democratic institutions and thriving market economies.

Members began to secure positions on the Executive Council, replacing appointed Ottawa administrators, and began to insist on a devolution of authority.

One characterstic of the last decade had been the devolution of authority from Beijing to the localities, in an effort to raise economic incentives and spur the economy.

But one of the things you see in a crisis is devolution of authority to the lower levels of organizations, and that happens, in part, because there are so many decisions to be made.

Artillery was much more plentiful and efficient and had been equipped with a local communications network, which led a corresponding devolution of authority and a much quicker response to changing circumstances.

Sir Peter has begun an extensive internal communications effort aimed at the "devolution of authority, personal decision-making, trying to get the benefits of a large corporation where people feel they are working for smaller groups within it."

With the administrative reforms of the Government of India Acts of 1919 and 1935, a tentative devolution of authority to legislative bodies and local governments in South Asia was begun.

Following devolution of authority to the Northern Ireland Executive in 1998, the "Department of The Environment for Northern Ireland" was renamed "The Department of The Environment".

An 1890 royal commission led by Lord Hartington (later the 8th Duke of Devonshire) criticised the administration of the War Office and recommended the devolution of authority from the commander-in-chief to subordinate military officers.

Representative Sander M. Levin, a Michigan Democrat who is critical of the Engler proposals, said Mr. Engler was seeking "not reform but a revolution - total devolution of authority to the states."

These are usually formulated by general synods of national or regional churches and interpreted and enforced by a bishop-in-council structure, involving consultation between the bishops and delegated lay and clerical leadership, although the extent of the devolution of authority from the bishops varies from place to place.

Ms. Nolan is also concerned that the schism between America's nuclear policy and its actual war planning could prove disastrous in a crisis, producing "a complete devolution of authority," with the President "abdicating the decision [ to launch nuclear missiles ] to others intentionally or by default" or succumbing to "outright paralysis."