At the end of October 2016, Italy's Public Comparative and European Law Association (DPCE) in collaboration with the Consulate General of United States of America organised a congress in Milan entitled 'The American Presidency after Barack Obama' about the evolution of the presidential role during Barack Obama's eight years in office. The seminars allowed Italian scholars to focus on the different profiles of the Presidency as a governmental institution.

This volume is the outcome of that congress.