Chronicling and analyzing resistance to the threat that autocracy poses to American liberal democracy, this book provides the definitive account of both Trump's efforts to erode democracy's essential elements and opposition to those efforts.

Richard L. Abel is Michael J. Connell Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor, UCLA, USA.

Preface vii

Acronyms x

Dramatis Personae xii

1 How Autocrats Use Power 1

2 The Politics of Resentment 8

3 Politicizing Criminal Justice 74

4 The Fate of Law 151

References 174

Index 181