Ames Foundation

Ames Foundation
Formation1910
FounderFriends of James Barr Ames
Purpose"Continuing the advancement of legal knowledge and aiding the improvement of the law".[1]
President
Christine Desan[2]
WebsiteOfficial website

The Ames Foundation was founded in 1910 by friends of James Barr Ames with the aim of "continuing the advancement of legal knowledge and aiding the improvement of the law".[1][3][4] The Harvard Law Library of Harvard Law School partnered with the Ames Foundation "to create a publicly-available digital library of important materials in legal history."[5]

  1. ^ a b "Welcome to the Ames Foundation". amesfoundation.law.harvard.edu. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference TheAmesFoundation was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Miss I. D. Thornley", The Times, 4 March 1941, p. 7.
  4. ^ The Ames Foundation Founded in 1910 by Contributions of the Friends of James Barr Ames for the Purpose of Continuing the Advancement of Legal Knowledge and Aiding the Improvement of the Law: General Editor: Theodore F.T. Plucknett. [Auch M. D. Tit.:] Publications of the Ames Foundation. [I.] Year Books of Richard II. [Rückentitel:] Year Books Series. Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Company. 1914.
  5. ^ "Ames Foundation Digital Collection of Legal History". Harvard Law School. Retrieved 2020-05-01.