David Ibbetson

{{short description|Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Cambridge}} {{For|the pilot named David Ibbotson|2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = David Ibbetson | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FBA|size=100%}} | image =  | alt = | caption = | order = | office = 8th President of Clare Hall, Cambridge | term_start = August 2013 | term_end = August 2020 | predecessor = Sir Martin Harris | successor = C. Alan Short | order2 = | office2 = Regius Professor of Civil Law <br /> University of Cambridge | term_start2 = 2000 | term_end2 = 2022 | predecessor2 = David Eric Lothian Johnston | successor2 = Helen Scott  | birth_name = David John Ibbetson | birth_date =  | birth_place = | death_date =  | death_place = | citizenship = United Kingdom | party = | other_party =  | partner =  | relations = | children = | parents = | education = | alma_mater = Corpus Christi College, Cambridge | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = Fellow of the British Academy (2003) }}

'''David John Ibbetson''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FBA}} is a British legal historian and academic who served as Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Cambridge from 2000 to 2022, and President of Clare Hall, Cambridge from 2013 to 2020.<ref name="faculty">{{cite web |title=Professor DJ Ibbetson |url=http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/people/academic/dj-ibbetson/45 |accessdate=2010-08-13 |publisher=Faculty of Law, Cambridge University |format=}}</ref> A specialist in English legal history and Roman law, he is known for his work on the historical relationship between English Common Law and European legal systems.

Ibbetson spent twenty years at Magdalen College, Oxford as a Fellow and Tutor in Law. He was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 2003. During his time at Cambridge, he served as chairman of the Faculty of Law (2009-2012) and General Editor of the Cambridge Law Journal (2003-2009).<ref>{{cite web |date=31 March 2009 |title=Professor David Ibbetson Takes the Chair |url=http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/press/news/2009/03/professor-david-ibbetson-takes-the-chair/926 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313074107/http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/press/news/2009/03/professor-david-ibbetson-takes-the-chair/926 |archive-date=13 March 2013 |accessdate=10 September 2012 |publisher=Faculty of Law, Cambridge University}}</ref>

==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 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.<ref name=BAcademy>{{cite web |url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/fellowship/elections/2003/ibbetson_d.cfm |title=Professor David Ibbetson |work=British Academy |accessdate=2010-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410091015/http://www.britac.ac.uk/fellowship/elections/2003/ibbetson_d.cfm |archive-date=2011-04-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/index.php?id=662 |title=Election of Clare Hall President |publisher=Clare Hall, Cambridge University |date=25 February 2013 |accessdate=25 February 2013}}</ref> He was succeeded by Alan Short as head of Clare Hall in August 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Professor C. Alan Short Elected as President |url=https://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/news/02-12-2019/professor-c-alan-short-elected-president |website=Clare Hall |publisher=University of Cambridge |accessdate=4 September 2020 |date=2 December 2019 |archive-date=16 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016155738/https://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/news/02-12-2019/professor-c-alan-short-elected-president |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Ibbetson is originally and primarily an English legal historian, but he is also expert in Roman law 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'' [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)

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==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/people/academic/dj-ibbetson/45}} * {{Internet Archive author |sname= David Ibbetson}} {{S-start}} {{s-aca}} {{s-bef| before = David Eric Lothian Johnston}} {{s-ttl| title = Regius Professor of Civil Law | years = August 2000–present}} {{s-inc}} {{s-bef| before = Sir Martin Harris}} {{s-ttl| title = President of Clare Hall, Cambridge | years = August 2013–August 2020}} {{s-aft| after = C. Alan Short}} {{S-end}}

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