David Ibbetson is Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

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.. He is also Chairman of the University's Faculty of Law and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he serves as Warden of Leckhampton, the College's site for postgraduate students.

Ibbetson is a Roman law

Roman law

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yer, but his research also covers the history of English

English law

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 and European law

European Union law

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. He was elected to the British Academy

British Academy

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 in 2003.

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