The continued positive response has prompted the publisher, five years after the release of the third edition, to produce another reprint with a new introduction. The fact that the book has lost none of its relevance is also evidenced by the selected press reviews:

"This work has long been considered one of the standard works not only in constitutional history... This success is not solely based on the subject matter of the work. Characteristic of Hofmann's book, which originated from a legal habilitation thesis in Erlangen, is also the broad perspective of the analysis: The work operates within a thematic and disciplinary spectrum that literally 'crosses the boundaries of subjects and countries'." Andreas Thier, in: Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte, Germanistische Abteilung, Vol. 118, 2001

"The necessity of a reprint proves the ongoing interest in this fundamental work, which remains unmatched to this day in its comprehensive content and the nuanced interpretation and classification of sources." Alexander Hollerbach, in: Archiv des öffentlichen Rechts, 2/1992.