| Criminal justice in America GF Cole, CE Smith Wadsworth Pub Co, 2007 | 667* | 2007 |
| The American system of criminal justice GF Cole, CE Smith, C DeJong Cengage Learning, 2018 | 472* | 2018 |
| 26 Law of Corrections CE Smith Routledge Handbook of Corrections in the United States, 2017 | 112* | 2017 |
| The Jurisprudential Vision of Justice Antonin Scalia DA Schultz, CE Smith Rowman & Littlefield, 1996 | 100 | 1996 |
| Courts, politics, and the judicial process CE Smith Nelson-Hall, 1993 | 67 | 1993 |
| The Changing Supreme Court: Constitutional Rights and Liberties TR Hensley, CE Smith, JA Baugh Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1997 | 64 | 1997 |
| Courts and the Poor CE Smith Nelson-Hall, 1991 | 61 | 1991 |
| Unfulfilled Aspirations: The Court-Packing Efforts of Presidents Reagan and Bush CE Smith, TR Hensley Alb. L. Rev. 57, 1111, 1993 | 60* | 1993 |
| Black Muslims and the development of prisoners' rights CE Smith Journal of Black Studies 24 (2), 131-146, 1993 | 59 | 1993 |
| David Souter's First Term on the Supreme Court: The Impact of a New Justice SP Johnson, CE Smith Judicature 75, 238, 1991 | 59 | 1991 |
| Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Preliminary Assessment JA Baugh, CE Smith, TR Hensley, SP Johnson U. Tol. L. Rev. 26, 1, 1994 | 58 | 1994 |
| Courts and public policy CE Smith Nelson-Hall, 1993 | 54 | 1993 |
| Polarization and Change in the Federal Courts: En Banc Decisions in the US Courts of Appeals CE Smith Judicature 74, 133, 1990 | 50 | 1990 |
| The Rehnquist Court's Activism and the Risk of Injustice CE Smith, AA Jones Conn. L. Rev. 26, 53, 1993 | 49 | 1993 |
| Clarence Thomas: A Distinctive Justice CE Smith Seton Hall L. Rev. 28, 1, 1997 | 47 | 1997 |
| Assessing the Conservatism of the Rehnquist Court CE Smith, TR Hensley Judicature 77, 83, 1993 | 46 | 1993 |
| The Supreme Court's emerging majority: Restraining the high court or transforming its role CE Smith Akron L. Rev. 24, 393, 1990 | 41 | 1990 |
| United States magistrates in the federal courts: Subordinate judges CE Smith Praeger Publishers, 1990 | 40 | 1990 |
| The First-Term Performance of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg CE Smith, JA Baugh, TR Hensley, SP Johnson Judicature 78, 74, 1994 | 39 | 1994 |
| Membership change and voting change: An analysis of the Rehnquist Court's 1986-1991 terms TR Hensley, CE Smith Political Research Quarterly 48 (4), 837-856, 1995 | 38 | 1995 |
