David John Ibbetson is a British legal academic. He has been
Regius Professor of Civil Law at the
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world's third oldest surviving university and one of its most pr ...
since 2000, 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.
Biography
David Ibbetson obtained his MA and PhD in Law at
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. In 1980, he became a Fellow and Tutor in Law at
Magdalen College, Oxford. He returned to Corpus Christi in 2000, following his appointment as
Regius Professor of Civil Law at the
Faculty of Law in the
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world's third oldest surviving university and one of its most pr ...
. He was elected to the
British Academy
The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences.
It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the same year. It is now a fellowship of more than 1,000 leading scholars spa ...
in 2003.
In 2004 he became Warden of
Leckhampton House
Since 1961 Leckhampton has been the residential site for postgraduate students of Corpus Christi College of the University of Cambridge, England. It consists of the late-19th-century Leckhampton House, the George Thomson Building, dating from 1 ...
, the College's site for postgraduate students. In August 2013 Ibbetson left Corpus Christi College when he became the eighth President of
Clare Hall, Cambridge
Clare Hall is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. Founded in 1966 by Clare College, Clare Hall is a college for advanced study, admitting only postgraduate students alongside postdoctoral researchers and fellows. It ...
, 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
Roman law
Roman law is the legal system of ancient Rome, including the legal developments spanning over a thousand years of jurisprudence, from the Twelve Tables (c. 449 BC), to the '' Corpus Juris Civilis'' (AD 529) ordered by Eastern Roman emperor Ju ...
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)
References
External links
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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)
Legal historians
Scholars of Roman law
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