The International Law of Territory (Oxford International Law Library) Book

I found this something of a disappointment. Only those fascinated, as I am, by the subject would want to plough through this frequently turgid tome to the end. It is very full and very well balanced and I discovered many fascinating things (hence three stars), but it is also very dry in a particularly Germanic way. Some German academics do seem to have a talent for obfuscatory prose. Kann sometimes ties himself in quite unnecessary linguistic knots trying to explain his intellectual position on different historical theories. At times I was reminded of the German who said it was better to read Kant in English translation because it didn’t really make sense in the original. This does make sense, but it gave me a headache. If you are looking for a good, readable introduction to the subject, this is not it.