Helene Lieser · 1935
Helene Lieser’s 1935 review of Heinrich Troeger’s Import und Export nach deutschem und ausländischem Devisenrecht assesses a practical guide to regulations obstructing international trade. Its organizing aim is clarity:
Dieses Werk sucht die Devisenverordnungen der Welt, soweit sie den Warenverkehr mehr oder weniger hemmen, möglichst übersichtlich darzustellen.
English translation: This work seeks to present the world’s foreign-exchange regulations as clearly as possible, insofar as they impede trade in goods to a greater or lesser extent.
Lieser outlines two parts: the first emphasizes German rules, extending beyond foreign-exchange provisions narrowly understood to import prohibitions; the second covers foreign regulations in Europe and other continents, except Australia. She notes that the arrangement permits substantial expansion. Her closing image makes the index a tool for navigating hazards, not merely locating information:
Ein praktisches Schlagwortregister soll den Ariadnefaden durch das Labyrinth abgeben, in dem wohl mehr als ein Minotaurus auf seine Beute lauert.
English translation: A practical subject index is intended to provide Ariadne’s thread through the labyrinth, in which surely more than one Minotaur lies in wait for its prey.
The review’s point is practical: orderly presentation offers guidance through a complex and potentially perilous regulatory environment.
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