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James Barr Ames

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Ames, James Barr

(1846–1910) legal scholar; born in Boston, Mass. He was educated at Harvard and taught at Harvard Law School from 1872 until his death. He advanced the case method of instruction by compiling and publishing cases on torts, partnerships, trusts, and equity jurisdiction. He took part in founding the Harvard Law Review in 1887 and published Lectures on Legal History (1913).
The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography, by John S. Bowman. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995. Reproduced with permission.
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