I found this casebook to be very difficult to read. I’ve taken 15 classes with 15 books and this one is by far the most poorly written. When you are writing a book that is essentially an introduction to a certain type of law, it’s a good idea to explain what you’re talking about. Not to mention, when reading international cases, it would be nice to have a bit of background on what the case is about before just jumping right into it. I find myself reading these VERY long cases (it feels like nothing is cut out even though I know it has) 3-4 times just to even understand what the disagreement was in the first place. How difficult would it to have an intro that says something along the lines of… “Smith was a high ranking member of the RAF and Annie was a German warship. Smith accidentally brought Annie down during WW1 in an area that was not part of the war.” Instead it’s just “Smith v. Annie- Having been 7 o’clock in the evening and near retirement, Smith encounter Annie on his flight back to base. Assuming that she was in British waters and not a fishing vessel, he let loose his Incendiary decides and, as a result, Annie and her sister Candace now lie in a shallow grave at the bottom of the sea.” It took me so long to figure out the book was talking about a boat one, I read the whole thing thinking the ship captain in the 1700s was a woman.In summary…-Cases are too long and contain far too much excess information-it is not clear why you are reading this case and how it relates to the chapter topic-It’s just a very difficult book to understand and learn international law from.I have NEVER had so much difficulty reading and understanding a textbook as I do with this one.