James Barr Ames

James Barr Ames (22 ga Yuni, 1846  – 8 ga Janairu, 1910)  malamin shari'a ne na Amurka, wanda aka fi sani da ya shahara da yada tsarin shari'a na koyar da shari'a.

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haifi Ames a Boston, Massachusetts a ranar 22 ga Yuni, 1846; ɗan Samuel T. da Mary H. (Barr) Ames kuma jikan James Barr, MD  Ya yi karatun firamare a Boston, kafin ya sami digiri na farko daga Harvard College a 1868 da kuma digirinsa na LLB daga Harvard Law School a 1872.

 Sana'a 
Ya fara aiki a matsayin malami kuma malami a Harvard a shekarar 1871, kuma ya ci gaba har zuwa 1873, lokacin da aka shigar da shi cikin lauyoyi . Duk da cewa lauya ne mai lasisi, Ames bai bude wani asibiti na sirri ba, yana yin cikakken lokaci a Harvard a duk tsawon aikinsa. Ya fara a matsayin malami ɗan Faransa da Jamus a shekarar 1871 kafin ya zama malami a tarihi a shekarar 1872. 

 Makarantar Shari'a ta Harvard 
Ames ya shiga jami'ar Harvard Law School a shekarar 1873 a matsayin mataimakin farfesa kafin ya zama cikakken farfesa a shekarar 1877. A shekarar 1895, Ames ya zama shugaban makarantar lauyoyi ta 2 ta Harvard, inda ya gaji Christopher Columbus Langdell. Ya yi aiki har zuwa mutuwarsa a shekarar 1910.  Google Books, The History of the Descendants of Elder John Story, of Northampton, Massachusetts (Vol. 2)

An kira Ames malamin shari'a mafi girma a zamaninsa, ba wai kawai malami ne mai faɗi da daidaito ba, kuma ɗalibi mai zurfi na tarihin shari'a, har ma yana da ƙwarewa ta musamman wajen haɓaka fahimta mai haske da daidaito a cikin waɗanda ke ƙarƙashin koyarwarsa.

A lokacin da yake koyar da ɗalibansa na Harvard shari'a, Ames ya yi amfani da shari'o'in shari'a na gaske don kwatanta ƙa'idodin shari'a, wani ra'ayi da Christopher Columbus Langdell ya ƙirƙiro. Ames ya dage cewa ilimin shari'a ya kamata ya buƙaci nazarin shari'o'in gaskiya maimakon ƙa'idodin shari'a marasa tushe. Ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen gabatar da hanyar shari'a a cikin koyar da shari'a, wata hanya da aka yi amfani da ita gabaɗaya a makarantun shari'a na Amurka a lokacin mutuwarsa, kuma wacce ke ci gaba da kasancewa har zuwa yanzu.  An zaɓe shi a matsayin memba na Kwalejin Fasaha da Kimiyya ta Amurka a 1878.  Ya kasance manaja na Ofishin Shari'a na Kwatanta na Ƙungiyar Lauyoyi ta Amurka wanda aka kafa a 1907, wanda Jaridar Shekara-shekara ta sa mujallar shari'a ta farko a Amurka ta sami digirin LL.D. daga jami'o'i shida kafin rasuwarsa.

 Rayuwa ta sirri 
Ames ta auri Sarah Russell a ranar 28 ga Yuni, 1880.  Ma'auratan sun haifi 'ya'ya maza biyu, Robert Russell Ames da Richard Ames. 

 Mutuwa 
Ya mutu a Wilton, New Hampshire, a ranar 8 ga Janairu, 1910.  An kwantar da shi a asibiti na tsawon makonni biyar bayan wata matsala ta jijiya. 

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Haifaffun 1846