Raymond Friel

Associate Professor

 
researcher

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

Books

  Year Publication
1995 Irish Stamp Duty Law.
Donegan, D; Friel, RJ (1995) Irish Stamp Duty Law. Ireland: Butterworths. [Details]
1995 Law of Contract.
Friel, RJ (1995) Law of Contract. Ireland: Round Hall Press. [Details]
1995 Irish Company Law.
Friel, RJ (1995) Irish Company Law. Northern Ireland: BPP Publications. [Details]
1995 Irish Business Law.
Friel, RJ (1995) Irish Business Law. Northern Ireland: BPP Publications. [Details]
1996 Irish Business Law Supplement.
Friel, RJ (1996) Irish Business Law Supplement. Northern Ireland: BPP Publications. [Details]
1997 Contract Law - Ireland.
Friel, RJ (1997) Contract Law - Ireland. The Netherlands: Kluwer. [Details]
1998 Irish Stamp Duty Law.
Donegan, D; Friel, RJ (1998) Irish Stamp Duty Law. : Butterworths. [Details]
2000 Law of Contract.
Friel, RJ (2000) Law of Contract. : Roundhall/Sweet and Maxwell. [Details]
2001 Irish Stamp Duty Law.
Donegan, D; Friel, RJ (2001) Irish Stamp Duty Law. : Butterworths. [Details]
2009 Irish Stamp Duty LAw.
Friel, RJ; Donegan, D (2009) Irish Stamp Duty LAw. Haywards Heath, West Sussex: Tottel Publishing. [Details]

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
1991 'The Contents of the Single European Act'
Friel, RJ (1991) 'The Contents of the Single European Act' In: The Single European Act: A transnational study. [Details]
1991 'The Process of Negotiation of the Single European Act'
Friel, RJ (1991) 'The Process of Negotiation of the Single European Act' In: The Single European Act: A transnational study. [Details]
1998 'Competition Law of the EU'
Friel, RJ (1998) 'Competition Law of the EU' In: Osnovnoto za ES. [Details]
2008 'Ireland'
Friel, RJ (2008) 'Ireland' In: Economic Loss Caused by Genetically Modified Organisms. New York USA: Springer Wien. [Details]
2008 'Ireland'
Friel, RJ (2008) 'Ireland' In: Pre Contractual Liability in European Private Law. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
1990 'European Community Anti-Dumping Regulations'
Friel, RJ (1990) 'European Community Anti-Dumping Regulations'. IRISH LAW TIMES, 96 (*) [Details]
1990 'East Germany - A trade torpedo'
Friel, RJ (1990) 'East Germany - A trade torpedo'. IRISH LAW TIMES, 26 (*) [Details]
1992 'The Inevitability of Intestate Succession'
Donegan, D; Friel, RJ (1992) 'The Inevitability of Intestate Succession'. IRISH TAX REVIEW, 76 (*) [Details]
1992 'Revised Preferences for U.S. Immigration'
Friel, RJ (1992) 'Revised Preferences for U.S. Immigration'. IRISH LAW TIMES, 38 (*) [Details]
1992 'U.S. Immigration Policy - Grounds for Exclusion'
Friel, RJ (1992) 'U.S. Immigration Policy - Grounds for Exclusion'. IRISH LAW TIMES, 10 (*) [Details]
1994 'European Community Rules on Public Enterprise'
Friel, RJ (1994) 'European Community Rules on Public Enterprise'. IRISH LAW TIMES, 280 (*) [Details]
1996 'Territorial Applications of Competition Policy'
Friel, RJ (1996) 'Territorial Applications of Competition Policy'. COMMERCIAL LAW PRACTITIONER, 118 (*) [Details]
1996 'Mutual Wills: Creation and Enforcement'
Friel, RJ (1996) 'Mutual Wills: Creation and Enforcement'. CONVEYANCING AND PROPERTY LAW JOURNAL 2, 2 (*) [Details]
1996 'The failed experiment with privity'
Friel, RJ (1996) 'The failed experiment with privity'. IRISH LAW TIMES, 86 (*) [Details]
1996 'Stamp Duty Reliefs and Exemptions'
Donegan, D; Friel, RJ (1996) 'Stamp Duty Reliefs and Exemptions'. IRISH TAX REVIEW, 267 (*) [Details]
1997 'Finance Certificates and Aggregate Transactions'
Donegan, D; Friel, RJ (1997) 'Finance Certificates and Aggregate Transactions'. IRISH TAX REVIEW, 23 (*) [Details]
1999 'Corporate Criminal Liability II'
Friel, RJ (1999) 'Corporate Criminal Liability II'. COMMERCIAL LAW PRACTITIONER, 226 (*) [Details]
1999 'The Case Law Method of Legal Education: From Harvard to Yale'
Friel, RJ (1999) 'The Case Law Method of Legal Education: From Harvard to Yale'. IRISH LAW TIMES, 153 (*) [Details]
1999 'Corporate Criminal Liability I'
Friel, RJ (1999) 'Corporate Criminal Liability I'. COMMERCIAL LAW PRACTITIONER, 191 (*) [Details]
2000 'Negotiating Liability without benefit - the pre-contractual trap'
Friel, RJ (2000) 'Negotiating Liability without benefit - the pre-contractual trap'. COMMERCIAL LAW PRACTITIONER, 7 (*) [Details]
2000 'Blair's Third Way - Thatcher's enduring legacy'
Friel, RJ (2000) 'Blair's Third Way - Thatcher's enduring legacy'. COMMERCIAL LAW PRACTITIONER, 48 (*) [Details]
2003 'Consumer Arbitration clauses in the European Union and the United States'
Friel, RJ (2003) 'Consumer Arbitration clauses in the European Union and the United States'. N. CAROLINA J.INTERNATIONAL LAW & COMMERCIAL REGULATION, 28 (*) [Details]
2004 'Providing a Constitutional Framework for Withdrawal from the EU: Article 59 of the Draft European Constitution'
Friel, RJ (2004) 'Providing a Constitutional Framework for Withdrawal from the EU: Article 59 of the Draft European Constitution'. INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW QUARTERLY, 53 (2) [Details]
2004 'Brown v Board of Education ¡V the better angels of our nature'
Friel, RJ (2004) 'Brown v Board of Education ¡V the better angels of our nature'. WASHBURN LAW REVIEW, 43 (2) [Details]
2004 'Regulatory Theory and Practice in the EU: Getting the EU and the US to agree on a regulatory model'
Friel, RJ (2004) 'Regulatory Theory and Practice in the EU: Getting the EU and the US to agree on a regulatory model'. UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK LAW REVIEW, 4 (*) [Details]
2004 'Secession from the European Union: checking out of the proverbial ¡¥cockroach motel¡¦'
Friel, RJ (2004) 'Secession from the European Union: checking out of the proverbial ¡¥cockroach motel¡¦'. FORDHAM INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL, 27 (*) [Details]
2005 'Arbitration theory and practice in the United States and the European Union compared'
Friel, RJ (2005) 'Arbitration theory and practice in the United States and the European Union compared'. ARBITRATION, 71 (2) [Details]
2007 'Protecting pre-paying buyers of unascertained goods - why pay before you go may be bad for you'
Friel, RJ; Eaton, S (2007) 'Protecting pre-paying buyers of unascertained goods - why pay before you go may be bad for you'. COMMON LAW WORLD REVIEW, 36 (1) [Details]

Conference Publications

  Year Publication
2000 School of Law, Washburn University
Friel, R.J. (2000) Post Colonial Issues in Irish Common Law . In: * eds. School of Law, Washburn University , 01-FEB-00 - 30-DEC-99 , pp.*-* [Details]
2000 Symposium on Regulatory Policy in the 21st Century in the United States
Friel, R.J. (2000) Administrative Policy: a comparative analysis of regulatory policy from 1945 to 1995 . In: * eds. Symposium on Regulatory Policy in the 21st Century in the United States , 01-FEB-00 - 30-DEC-99 , pp.*-* [Details]
2000 Conference on Directors Duties and Liabilities
Friel, R.J. (2000) Corporate Criminal Liability . In: * eds. Conference on Directors Duties and Liabilities , 01-MAR-00 - 30-DEC-99 , pp.*-* [Details]
2000 Conference on Directors Duties and Liabilities
Friel, R.J. (2000) Corporate Criminal Liability . In: * eds. Conference on Directors Duties and Liabilities , 01-MAR-00 - 30-DEC-99 , pp.*-* [Details]
2000 Shannon Supply Network
Friel, R.J. (2000) Product Liability in Ireland and Europe . In: * eds. Shannon Supply Network , 01-MAR-00 - 30-DEC-99 , pp.*-* [Details]
2001 Department of Health and Social Welfare
Friel, R.J. (2001) Principles of Constitutional and Natural Justice in Administrative decision making . In: * eds. Department of Health and Social Welfare , 01-JAN-01 - 30-DEC-99 , pp.*-* [Details]
2002 Administrative Law in a trans-global setting
Friel, R.J. (2002) Administrative Regulatory Theory in the European Union . In: * eds. Administrative Law in a trans-global setting , 01-NOV-02 - 30-DEC-99 , pp.*-* [Details]
2003 Brown v Board of Education ¿V 50th Anniversary
Friel, R.J. (2003) Brown v Board of Education ¿V An Irish perspective . In: * eds. Brown v Board of Education ¿V 50th Anniversary , 01-NOV-03 - 30-DEC-99 , pp.*-* [Details]
2004 Intellectual Property rights in third level institutions
Friel, R.J. (2004) Intellectual property rights and anti-competitive behaviour . In: * eds. Intellectual Property rights in third level institutions , 01-APR-04 - 30-DEC-99 , pp.*-* [Details]
2004 Special methods for educating the transnational lawyer, American Association of Law Schools
Friel, R.J. (2004) Educating Lawyers for Transnational Challenges . In: * eds. Special methods for educating the transnational lawyer, American Association of Law Schools , 01-MAY-04 - 30-DEC-99 , pp.*-* [Details]

Reviews

  Year Publication
2005 Special methods for educating the transnational lawyer.
Friel R.J. (2005) Special methods for educating the transnational lawyer. Reviews [Details]

Committees

  Committee Function From / To
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (Ireland) External Examiner in Law 2000 / 1899
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (Ireland) Internal Examiner in Law 1994 / 2000
National University of Ireland: Cork and Galway External Examiner in Law 1998 / 1899
Trento Common Core Project, Pre-Contractual Liability Member 1999 / 1899
Council of Heads of Law Schools in Ireland Founder member 2001 / 1899
School of Law Head 1996 / 1899
Dean's Group, College of Humanities Member 1996 / 1899
University Discipline Committee Member 1997 / 2000
University Discipline Committee Chair 2000 / 1899
Sub-committee of Academic Council on Community Relations Chair 1996 / 1899
Academic Council Member 1996 / 1899
International Commercial and Economic Law Group, School of Law, UL Member 2000 / 1899
Mediators Institute of Ireland Member 1997 / 1899
Association of Canadian Studies Member 1997 / 1899
Irish Council for European Law Member 1989 / 1899
Irish Association of Law Teachers Member 1989 / 1899
Advisory Council for Legal Education and Training Member 1996 / 1899
Design team for BA in Law and Accounting Member 1996 / 1899
Design team for LL.B in Law and European Studies Member 1996 / 1899
Design team for the LL.M in European and Comparative L Member 1998 / 1899
Board of Management Centre for Criminal Justice Member 1997 / 1899
American Studies Association Member 1998 / 1899
Society of Public Teachers of Law Member 1994 / 1899

Employment

  Employer Position From / To
Boston College School of Law Visiting Professor 01-JAN-02 / 30-DEC-99
Franklin Pierce Law School Adjunct Professor 30-DEC-99 / 30-DEC-99
University of Limerick Professor 01-JAN-89 / 30-DEC-99
University of Kansas Visiting Professor 01-JAN-01 / 30-DEC-99

Education

  Year Institution Qualification Subject
1986 Honorable Society of the Kings Inns, BL
1984 National University of Ireland, Cork. B.C.L.
1988 University of Exeter LL.M