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David Ibbetson
8th President of Clare Hall, Cambridge
In office
August 2013 – August 2020
Preceded bySir Martin Harris
Succeeded byAlan Short
Regius Professor of Civil Law
University of Cambridge
Assumed office
2000
Preceded byDavid Eric Lothian Johnston
Personal details
Born
David John Ibbetson
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Alma materCorpus Christi College, Cambridge
AwardsFellow of the British Academy (2003)

David John Ibbetson, FBA is a British legal academician. He has been Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Cambridge since 2000, and President of Clare Hall from 2013 to 2020.[1] From 2009 until 2012 he served as the chairman of the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge.[2]

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. He was elected to the British Academy in 2003.[3] 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 Clare Hall, Cambridge, succeeding Sir Martin Harris.[4] He was succeeded by Alan Short as head of Clare Hall in August 2020.[5]

Ibbetson is a Roman lawyer, but his research also covers the history of English and European law. Whilst he has published on a wide range of subjects, his main work is in English and European legal history, and in particular 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 [editor] (2009)
  • Sir William Jones, Essay on the Law of Bailments [editor] (2007)
  • Common Law and Ius Commune (Selden Society) (2001)
  • A Historical Introduction to the Law of Obligations (1999)
  • The Roman Law Tradition [editor] (1994)

References

  1. ^ "Professor DJ Ibbetson". Faculty of Law, Cambridge University. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
  2. ^ "Professor David Ibbetson Takes the Chair". Faculty of Law, Cambridge University. 31 March 2009. Archived from the original on 13 March 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Professor David Ibbetson". British Academy. Archived from the original on 2011-04-10. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
  4. ^ "Election of Clare Hall President". Clare Hall, Cambridge University. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  5. ^ "Professor C. Alan Short Elected as President". Clare Hall. University of Cambridge. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
Academic offices
Preceded by Regius Professor of Civil Law
August 2000–present
Incumbent
Preceded by President of Clare Hall, Cambridge
August 2013–August 2020
Succeeded by