Biography
Raymond J Friel is a graduate of UCC and the University of Exeter and was called to the Bar in 1986. After an appointment in University College Wales, he joined the School of Law at University of Limerick in 1989. Since then, he was Head of School for nine years, Interim Head of the Department of History for one year and University Advocate for four years. He has held visiting Professorships at Boston College Law School, Western University Law School in Canada, the University of New Hampshire Law School and the University of Kansas Law School. His areas of specialisation are contract and commercial law and he has authored leading treatises on contract, tax and business law. He has published extensively both nationally and internationally in prestigious law reviews, including the International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Fordham Journal of International Law, Common Law World Review, Arbitration, North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation, Journal of Legal Education, Washburn Law Review and University of Kansas Law Review, to name a few.
Currently he is Director of the International Commercial and Economic Law Research Group and is an examiner for the Honorable Society of the Kings Inns in Contract Law and an examiner Law Society of Ireland entrance examination in Tort Law. He has also been appointed to several Universities as an external examiner and has been invited as an expert referee for a number of journals.
Research Interests
Commercial Law; Contract Law; Antitrust/Competition Law; EU Law; Legal Education
Professional Activities
Employment
- 2002 Boston College School of Law - Visiting Professor
- 2001 University of Kansas - Visiting Professor
- 1989 University of Limerick - Professor
- 1899 Franklin Pierce Law School - Adjunct Professor
Committee
- 2001 Council of Heads of Law Schools in Ireland,
- 2000 University Discipline Committee,
- 2000 International Commercial and Economic Law Group, School of Law, UL,
- 2000 Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (Ireland),
- 1999 Trento Common Core Project, Pre-Contractual Liability,
- 1998 National University of Ireland: Cork and Galway,
- 1998 Design team for the LL.M in European and Comparative L,
- 1998 American Studies Association,
- 1997 Board of Management Centre for Criminal Justice,
- 1997 University Discipline Committee,
- 1997 Mediators Institute of Ireland,
- 1997 Association of Canadian Studies,
- 1996 Academic Council,
- 1996 Advisory Council for Legal Education and Training,
- 1996 Design team for BA in Law and Accounting,
- 1996 School of Law,
- 1996 Dean's Group, College of Humanities,
- 1996 Sub-committee of Academic Council on Community Relations,
- 1996 Design team for LL.B in Law and European Studies,
- 1994 Society of Public Teachers of Law,
- 1994 Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (Ireland),
- 1989 Irish Council for European Law,
- 1989 Irish Association of Law Teachers,
Education
- 1988 University of Exeter - LL.M
- 1986 Honorable Society of the Kings Inns, - BL
- 1984 National University of Ireland, Cork. - B.C.L.
Publications
Book
Irish Stamp Duty LAw
Friel, RJ; Donegan, D
Irish Stamp Duty Law
Donegan, D; Friel, RJ
Law of Contract
Friel, RJ
Irish Stamp Duty Law
Donegan, D; Friel, RJ
Contract Law - Ireland
Friel, RJ
Irish Business Law Supplement
Friel, RJ
Irish Business Law
Friel, RJ
Irish Stamp Duty Law
Donegan, D; Friel, RJ
Irish Company Law
Friel, RJ
Law of Contract
Friel, RJ
Book Chapter
Ireland
Friel, RJ
Economic Loss Caused by Genetically Modified Organisms
Ireland
Friel, RJ
Pre Contractual Liability in European Private Law
Competition Law of the EU
Friel, RJ
Osnovnoto za ES
The Contents of the Single European Act
Friel, RJ
The Single European Act: A transnational study
The Process of Negotiation of the Single European Act
Friel, RJ
The Single European Act: A transnational study
Conference Publication
Brown v Board of Education ¿V 50th Anniversary
Friel, R.J.
Administrative Law in a trans-global setting.
Friel, R.J.
Department of Health and Social Welfare
Friel, R.J.
Conference on Directors Duties and Liabilities
Friel, R.J.
Conference on Directors Duties and Liabilities
Friel, R.J.
School of Law, Washburn University
Friel, R.J.
Shannon Supply Network
Friel, R.J.
Other Publication
Post Colonial Issues in Irish Common Law
Friel, RJ
Product Liability in Ireland and Europe
Friel, RJ
Corporate Criminal Liability
Friel, RJ
Good Faith in Anglo-Irish Contract Law
Friel, RJ
Clark and Clarke, Contract Cases and Materials
Friel, RJ
Advances In Consumer Research
P. Coughlan, Property Law
Friel, RJ
Advances In Consumer Research
Stamp Duty after the Finance Act 1991
Friel, RJ
Product Liability in Ireland
Friel, RJ
Product Liability at Common Law
Friel, RJ
Peer Reviewed Journal
Protecting pre-paying buyers of unascertained goods - why pay before you go may be bad for you
Friel, RJ; Eaton, S
Common Law World Review
Arbitration theory and practice in the United States and the European Union compared
Friel, RJ
Arbitration
Brown v Board of Education ¡V the better angels of our nature
Friel, RJ
Washburn Law Review
Secession from the European Union: checking out of the proverbial ¡¥cockroach motel¡¦
Friel, RJ
Fordham International Law Journal
Regulatory Theory and Practice in the EU: Getting the EU and the US to agree on a regulatory model
Friel, RJ
University Of Limerick Law Review
Providing a Constitutional Framework for Withdrawal from the EU: Article 59 of the Draft European Constitution
Friel, RJ
International And Comparative Law Quarterly
Consumer Arbitration clauses in the European Union and the United States
Friel, RJ
N. Carolina J.International Law & Commercial Regulation
Blair's Third Way - Thatcher's enduring legacy
Friel, RJ
Commercial Law Practitioner
Negotiating Liability without benefit - the pre-contractual trap
Friel, RJ
Commercial Law Practitioner
Corporate Criminal Liability II
Friel, RJ
Commercial Law Practitioner
Corporate Criminal Liability I
Friel, RJ
Commercial Law Practitioner
The Case Law Method of Legal Education: From Harvard to Yale
Friel, RJ
Irish Law Times
Finance Certificates and Aggregate Transactions
Donegan, D; Friel, RJ
Irish Tax Review
The failed experiment with privity
Friel, RJ
Irish Law Times
Mutual Wills: Creation and Enforcement
Friel, RJ
Conveyancing And Property Law Journal 2
Territorial Applications of Competition Policy
Friel, RJ
Commercial Law Practitioner
Stamp Duty Reliefs and Exemptions
Donegan, D; Friel, RJ
Irish Tax Review
European Community Rules on Public Enterprise
Friel, RJ
Irish Law Times
U.S. Immigration Policy - Grounds for Exclusion
Friel, RJ
Irish Law Times
Revised Preferences for U.S. Immigration
Friel, RJ
Irish Law Times
The Inevitability of Intestate Succession
Donegan, D; Friel, RJ
Irish Tax Review
European Community Anti-Dumping Regulations
Friel, RJ
Irish Law Times
East Germany - A trade torpedo
Friel, RJ
Irish Law Times