RUTH B. RUSSELL assisted by JEANNETTE E. MUTHER. A History of the United Nations Charter: The Role of the United States, 1940-1945. Pp. xviii, 1140. Washington, D. C.: Brookings Institu tion, 1958. $10.00

1959 ◽  
Vol 324 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-148
Author(s):  
Jaro Mayda
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Nations ◽  
The United States ◽  
History Of ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
United Nations Charter

The United States Accepts Compulsory Jurisdiction

1946 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 699-719 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis O. Wilcox
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Nations ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Senate ◽  
International Court Of Justice ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
International Court ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
One Year ◽  
United Nations Charter

On August 2, 1946, the United States Senate approved the Morse resolution by the overwhelming vote of 62-2, thereby giving its advice and consent to the acceptance on the part of the United States of the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice. It was the same Senate which, just one year and one week earlier, had cast a vote of 89-2 in favor of the United Nations Charter. On August 26 Herschel Johnson, acting United States representative on the Security Council, deposited President Truman’s declaration of adherence with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. At long last the United States assumed far-reaching obligations to submit its legal disputes to an international court.

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