Browsing Law by Author "10951164 - Kotzé, Louis Jacobus (Supervisor)"
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An analysis of the South African legal framework pertaining to offshore mining: comparative perspectives from Australia
Joynt, C.E. (North-West University (South Africa), 2021)Due to technological development and overpopulation on earth, non-renewable mineral resources are being depleted at an alarming rate. Investigation of the seabed has revealed the existence of a variety of mineral resources ... -
Normative hierarchy in international environmental law : a constitutional reading
Muzangaza, Rumbidzai Wendy (North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)The current environmental law and governance regime is in need of urgent reform to the extent that it leaves too much room for state sovereignty and states' non-compliance with their environmental obligations. To some ... -
The realisation of constitutional environmental-related rights by private sector actors in South Africa
Haigh, Chezanne Joclyn (North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)The engagement and influence of actors in the private sphere is often highly contested as these actors, through their operations, have the potential to contribute towards the realisation and/or violation of human rights, ... -
The role of the judiciary in advancing the right to a healthy environment : eastern and southern African perspectives
Soyapi, C.B. (North-West University, 2018)The right to a healthy environment has been constitutionalised in Uganda, Kenya, South Africa and Zimbabwe. While the wording of the right in these countries broadly mirrors that of the right to a healthy environment ... -
Sustainable development in South African environmental law and its relationship with the National Development Plan
Coetzee, Johannes Hendrik (North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)Sustainable development has emerged as one of the fundamental principles of environmental law; internationally, regionally and nationally. In South Africa, sustainable development requires the integration of socio-economic ... -
Towards a social justice-oriented environmental law jurisprudence in South Africa
Murcott, M.J. (North-West University (South Africa), 2020)The problem that this thesis seeks to address is the South African judiciary's failure, in general, to recognise in the adjudication of environmental law disputes that social injustices are connected to harmful environmental ...