David John Ibbetson is a British legal academic. He was Regius Professor of Civil Law at the

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from 2000 to 2022, and President of Clare Hall from 2013 to 2020. From 2009 until 2012, he served as the chairman of the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge. He was General Editor of the Cambridge Law Journal between 2003 and 2009.

Biography

David Ibbetson obtained his MA and PhD in Law at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, the latter supervised by Professor Sir John Baker. In 1980, he became a Fellow and Tutor in Law at

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. He returned to Corpus Christi in 2000, following his appointment as Regius Professor of Civil Law at the Faculty of Law in the

. He was elected to the

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in 2003. In 2004, he became Warden of Leckhampton House, the College's site for postgraduate students. In August 2013, Ibbetson left Corpus Christi College when he became the eighth President of

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, succeeding Sir Martin Harris. He was succeeded by Alan Short as head of Clare Hall in August 2020. Ibbetson is originally and primarily an English legal historian, but he is also expert in

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and has written comparative works relating to the history of European law. Whilst he has published on a wide range of subjects, his focus has been on the historical relationship between English Common Law and the legal systems and legal thought of the rest of Europe.

Bibliography

*''Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History'' ditor(2009) *''Sir William Jones, Essay on the Law of Bailments'' ditor(2007) *''Common Law and Ius Commune (Selden Society)'' (2001) *''A Historical Introduction to the Law of Obligations'' (1999) *''The Roman Law Tradition'' ditor(1994)

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* * Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford Fellows of the British Academy Living people Presidents of Clare Hall, Cambridge Regius Professors of Civil Law (University of Cambridge) Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Legal scholars of the University of Oxford Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) British legal historians Scholars of Roman law {{UK-academic-bio-stub