Christopher E. Smith, J.D., Ph.D.
Author/Commentator
About
Christopher E. Smith is the author of 25 books about law and government. He taught courses on constitutional rights, the U.S. Supreme Court, and public policy for forty years, including more than three decades as a professor at Michigan State University. His other experiences include running for Congress and leading the Michigan Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence.
Contact: SmithC28[at]msu.edu
Education
A.B. (Government) Harvard University
M.Sc. (Sociology) University of Bristol, U.K.
J.D. (Law) University of Tennessee
Ph.D. (Political Science) University of Connecticut
Author (or co-author) of such titles as.....
Evolving Constitutional Rights (2025)
The Supreme Court and the Development of Law (2016)
John Paul Stevens: Defender of Rights in Criminal Justice (2015)
Living Democracy (multiple editions 2009-2024)
Constitutional Rights: Myths & Realities (2004)
The Supreme Court, Crime, and the Ideal of Equal Justice (2003)
Law and Contemporary Corrections (2000)
The Changing Supreme Court (1997)
Courts, Politics, and the Judicial Process (2nd ed. 1997)
Critical Judicial Nominations and Political Change (1993)
Courts and Public Policy (1993)
Courts and the Poor (1991)
United States Magistrates in the Federal Courts (1990)
