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. 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. 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 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 ==