Exporters to the United States who seek a succinct overview of U.S. customs and trade laws will find Leslie Alan Glick’s Guide to be a useful introductory text. The volume’s modest intention is “to enable the user to know enough about each particular area to be aware of a potential problem and to seek necessary guidance, not necessarily to pose or answer every question” (p. 2). With a consistently sure hand, Mr Glick sketches both the substantive legal rules and the institutions charged with administering them. His sketches are neither detailed nor original, but they highlight clearly the principal landmarks. The text’s numerous footnotes refer the reader to the statutory rules and principal cases. A substantial appendix reproduces 58 frequently-used Customs forms.

The volume’s introduction to United States Customs laws is its principal contribution to existing literature. Chapter 3 sets out the operations and practices of the U.S. Customs Ser-