Jeffrey Hackney (born 5 January 1941) is a legal academic specialising in property law, law of trusts, and

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at the

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. He attended Wadham College,

. He retired in 2009 from his position as a

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(a post he had held since 1976), and is now an

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Fellow and Keeper of the Archives for the College. He was previously a Fellow of St Edmund Hall, and has taught at various universities in North America as a visiting professor. He was

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of the university from 1987 to 1995, and also chaired various university boards, as well as serving on the editorial board of the '' Oxford Journal of Legal Studies''. He currently holds the University post of Clerk of the Market.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hackney, Jeffrey 1941 births Living people English legal scholars Fellows of St Edmund Hall, Oxford Fellows of Wadham College, Oxford Legal historians Keepers of the Archives of the University of Oxford Legal scholars of the University of Oxford Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford