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How to use voluntary, self-regulatory and alternative environmental compliance tools: some lessons learnt
(North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Faculty of Law, 2010)
A number of alternative environmental enforcement tools are available that may be
used to enhance the environmental enforcement effort in South Africa. Current
debate focuses on which tools work effectively and the reasons ...
A practical exploration of the feasibility of integrative multidisciplinary research from a broad ecohealth perspective in South Africa.
(North-West University, 2011)
This discussion is a deliberation on the progress towards the possibility of carrying out feasible
research according to an Integrative Multidisciplinary (IMD) research methodology (theoretically
and practically). To ...
Regional, local, urban and rural history as nearby spaces and places: historiographical and methodological reflections.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2012)
The purpose of this article is to review the almost 50 years of formal regional and
local history research practices in South Africa under the umbrella of a variety of
rural and urban trends, themes and phenomena. This ...
Public interest environmental litigation: recent cases raise possible obstacles
(North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Faculty of Law, 2010)
Despite the broadening of locus standi in environmental cases by both Section 38 of
the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, and Section 32 of the National
Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998, two ...
Unpacking the public trust doctrine: A journey into foreign territory
(North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Faculty of Law, 2010)
The past decade has borne witness to the transformation of South Africa's natural
resources law with the introduction of a new legal concept, that of "public
trusteeship", to South African jurisprudence. The concept of ...
The Dutch crisis and Recovery Act: Economic recovery and legal crisis?
(North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Faculty of Law, 2010)
In the Netherlands, the 2010 Crisis and Recovery Act aims at speeding up decisionmaking
on a wide variety of activities, hoping that after the financial and economic
crisis has passed, development projects can immediately ...
Localising environmental governance: the Le Sueur case
(2014)
In the matter of Le Sueur v Ethekwini Municipality the KwaZulu-Natal High Court decided that municipalities had the power to legislate on environmental issues such as biodiversity and conservation. This note argues that ...
The regulation of acid mine drainage in South Africa: law and governance perspectives
(2014)
Acid mine drainage (AMD) is arguably one of the most serious environmental concerns in South Africa. AMD is a legacy left behind by abandoned, derelict and defunct mines, and is a continuing by-product of existing mining ...
A customary right to fish when fish are sparse: managing conflicting claims between customary rights and environmental rights
(2013)
This contribution considers the potential conflicts that may arise between customary rights and environmental rights in the face of dwindling marine resources. It sets the scene by reflecting on some of the common themes ...
From hauntology to a new animism? Nature and culture in Heinz Kimmerle’s intercultural philosophy
(2007)
Derrida has proposed a new spectrology in an attempt to deal with the ghost
of Marx. Kimmerle shows that Marx has forgotten nature, and enquires about Derrida’s
forgetting Marx’s forgetting. With specific reference to ...