DIMENSIONS OF INTERSTATE RELATIONS - INTRODUCTION

By dividing political power between the national government and multip le constituent governments, a federal system automatically produces re lations among the constituent governments. This article describes six provisions of the U.S. Constitution for handling relations between the states: (1) federal judicial settlement of interstate disputes, (2) c ooperative action by states, (3) privileges and immunities within each state for out-of-state citizens of the United States, (4) full faith and credit for the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of e ach state, (5) interstate rendition, and (6) free interchange of comme rce among the states.