'Rule of Law and Democracy in America. The Decline of the Liberal Constitutional System in the United States': The short reports in this volume provide an overview of what has moved the US legally and politically during the last years. They are supplemented by contributions on the Supreme Court, the state of democracy in the US and the, especially due to Donald Trump, increased danger to the liberal constitutional system. Particularly in view of the fall elections of 2024 a valuable book that reveals many interesting problems of the current political and legal system of the United States.

Manfred H. Wiegandt, studied law and received his Ph.D. in law (Dr. iur.) with a thesis in constitutional theory from the University of Göttingen/Germany; passed the German bar; worked at the German Federal Ministry for International Cooperation; Master in International Relations (M.A.L.D.) from the renowned Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University; Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Human Rights Program; J.D. from the Boston University School of Law; numerous publications on German and American constitutional law; regularly reports as a correspondent for Recht und Politik on legal and political developments in the US; lives in Wareham, MA, where he practices immigration law.