Nomination of John Marshall Harlan: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Eighty-fourth Congress, First Session, on Nomination of John Marshall Harlan, of New York, to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, February 24 and 25, 1955

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1955 - 182 pages

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Page 78 - Nothing contained in the present Charter shall authorize the United Nations to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state or shall require the Members to submit such matters to settlement under the present Charter; but this principle shall not prejudice the application of enforcement measures under Chapter VII.
Page 120 - They shall refrain from any action which might reflect on their position as international officials responsible only to the Organization. 2. Each Member of the United Nations undertakes to respect the exclusively international character of the responsibilities of the Secretary-General and the staff and not to seek to influence them in the discharge of their responsibilities.
Page 120 - In the performance of their duties the SecretaryGeneral and the staff shall not seek or receive instructions from any government or from any other authority external to the Organization. They shall refrain from any action which might reflect on their position as international officials responsible only to the Organization.
Page 129 - They are determined to safeguard the freedom, common heritage and civilization of their peoples, founded on the principles of democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law.
Page 171 - All members pledge themselves to take joint and separate action in cooperation with the organization for the achievement of the purposes set forth in Article 55.
Page 70 - The CHAIRMAN. Are there any questions by any member of the committee ? ( No response.
Page 135 - The Parties will contribute toward the further development of peaceful and friendly international relations by strengthening their free institutions, by bringing about a better understanding of the principles upon which these institutions are founded, and by promoting conditions of stability and well-being.
Page 83 - Nations shall promote: a. higher standards of living, full employment, and conditions of economic and social progress and development; b. solutions of international economic, social, health, and related problems; and international cultural and educational co-operation; and c. universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion.
Page 84 - In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution...
Page 88 - Plaintiff relies upon and argues six alleged errors but her main contention is that the court erred in holding, as a matter of law, that the...

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