Note:
Charles H. Dearborn III, The Domestic Legal Effect of Declarations That Treaty Provisions Are Not Self-Executing, 57 Texas L. Rev. 233 (1979).
 

Abstract:
Charles Dearborn in his note discusses the “reservations”, “understandings”, and “declarations” that President Carter in 1978 recommended accompany four human rights treaties submitted to the U.S. Senate. Dearborn argues that the declarations, ostensibly designed to conform the treaties to U.S. domestic law and thereby avoid legal obstacles to their ratification, have dubious validity. He posits that they probably had no binding effect on U.S. courts and should not be used as aids in constructing the treaties.