| Niklas Luhmann's theory of politics and law M King, CJ Thornhill Palgrave Macmillan, 2003 | 471 | 2003 |
| How the law thinks about children M King, C Piper Arena, 1995 | 329 | 1995 |
| The'truth'about autopoiesis M King Journal of Law and Society 20 (2), 218-236, 1993 | 196 | 1993 |
| A better world for children?: explorations in morality and authority M King Routledge, 2002 | 186 | 2002 |
| Children’s welfare and the law: The limits of legal intervention M King, J Trowell London, 1992 | 182 | 1992 |
| The framework of criminal justice M King Routledge, 2023 | 166 | 2023 |
| The sociology of childhood as scientific communication: Observations from a social systems perspective M King Childhood 14 (2), 193-213, 2007 | 155 | 2007 |
| The development of some intention concepts in young children M King Child development, 1145-1152, 1971 | 125 | 1971 |
| The ambitious modesty of Niklas Luhmann M King, A Schutz JL & Soc'y 21, 261, 1994 | 95 | 1994 |
| Luhmann on Law and Politics: critical appraisals and applications M King, C Thornhill Bloomsbury Publishing, 2006 | 90 | 2006 |
| How to make social crime prevention work: The French experience M King National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders, 1988 | 85 | 1988 |
| Social crime prevention a la Thatcher M King The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice 28 (4), 291-312, 1989 | 75 | 1989 |
| A verdade sobre a autopoiese no direito LS Rocha, M King, G Schwartz Livraria Do Advogado Editora, 2009 | 68 | 2009 |
| What's the Use of Luhmann's Theory? M King Hart Publishing, 2006 | 65 | 2006 |
| Children's rights as communication: Reflections on autopoietic theory and the United Nations Convention M King The Modern Law Review 57 (3), 385-401, 1994 | 60 | 1994 |
| Bail or custody M King, C Jackson Cobden Trust, 1973 | 52 | 1973 |
| The construction and demolition of the Luhmann heresy M King Law and Critique 12, 1-32, 2001 | 48 | 2001 |
| Child welfare within law: the emergence of a hybrid discourse M King Journal of Law and Society 18 (3), 303-322, 1991 | 46 | 1991 |
| Moral agendas for children's welfare M King Routledge, 2002 | 44 | 2002 |
| SCHWARTZ, Germano; CLAM, Jean LS ROCHA, M KING Introdução à teoria do sistema autopoiético do direito, 2005 | 42 | 2005 |
