James Kent Jr.

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gptkbp:advocatesFor Legal education reform
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkb:New_York_University
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Yale_College
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:New_York_Court_of_Chancery
gptkbp:birthDate 1796-04-24
gptkbp:children gptkb:James_Kent_III
gptkbp:contributedTo American_jurisprudence
gptkbp:contribution Codification of law
gptkbp:deathDate 1862-12-12
gptkbp:famousFor Legal principles
gptkbp:field Law
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label James Kent Jr.
gptkbp:influenced Law students
Legal practitioners
Future legal scholars
Legal_education_in_the_United_States
Judges_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:William_Blackstone
gptkbp:influenceOn New_York_law
gptkbp:involvedIn Judicial reform
Legal debates
gptkbp:knownFor Legal history
Legal theory
Legal scholarship
Judicial opinions
Legal writings
Legal philosophy
Influence on state law
Influence on federal law
Legal_principles_in_the_U.S.
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Kent's_Commentaries
gptkbp:members gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableWork Commentaries on American Law
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Judge
Lawyer
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Poughkeepsie,_New_York
gptkbp:placeOfDeath New_York_City,_New_York
gptkbp:positionHeld Chancellor_of_New_York
gptkbp:predecessor John_Lansing
gptkbp:recognizedBy Academics
Historians
Legal community
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:New_York_State_Assembly
gptkb:New_York_State_Senate
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Ann_Smith
gptkbp:successor gptkb:William_W._Campbell
gptkbp:wrote The Law of Nations
Commentaries on the Law of Nations
Reports of Cases in Chancery