James Kent | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:James_Kent_by_Peale.jpg) James Kent by Rembrandt Peale (c. 1835) | |
| Recorder of New York City | |
| In office 1797–1798 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel Jones |
| Succeeded by | Richard Harison |
| Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court | |
| In office 1804–1814 | |
| Preceded by | Morgan Lewis |
| Succeeded by | Smith Thompson |
| Chancellor of New York | |
| In office 1814–1823 | |
| Preceded by | John Lansing Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Nathan Sanford |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 31, 1763 Fredericksburg, Dutchess County, New York, British America |
| Died | December 12, 1847 (aged 84) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Relatives | Moss Kent (brother) |
| Education | Yale College |
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James Kent (July 31, 1763 – December 12, 1847) was an American jurist, New York legislator, legal scholar, and first Professor of Law at Columbia College.[1] His Commentaries on American Law (based on lectures first delivered at Columbia in 1794, and further lectures in the 1820s) became the formative American law book in the antebellum era (published in 14 editions before 1896) and also helped establish the tradition of law reporting in America.[2] He is sometimes called the "American Blackstone".
- ^ Nathan Dorn, "Collection Highlights: Chancellor James Kent".
- ^ Langbein, John H., Chancellor Kent and the History of Legal Literature (1993). Faculty Scholarship Series. Paper 549. p. 548