Correspondence:
Jack M. Goldklang, A Question of Intent, 57 TEXAS L. REV. 859 (1979).
 

Abstract:
In this correspondence, U.S. Attorney Jack Goldklang questions the conclusion of The Domestic Legal Effect of Declarations That Treaty Provisions are Not Self-Executing (57 Texas L. Rev. 233 (1979)). The Note argued that Executive-Senate intent that certain articles of the human rights treaties not be self-executing was invalid insofar as it did not represent the intent of all parties to the treaties. Mr. Goldklang responds that it is unrealistic to expect this unilateral intent in a multilateral agreement, and, insofar as the issue is one of domestic law, so long as each party is free to makes it own decision on the issue, only domestic intent is relevant to the question of whether articles of treaties are self-executing.