Environmental Compliance and Enforcement in South Africa : Legal Perspectives

Product Details:
Author(s):
Kotzé, L and
Paterson, A
Year Published:
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Type:
Print | Soft Cover
Language:
English
About this publication
This is the first book to offer a critical analysis of the implementation of environmental law in South Africa. Leading environmental law practitioners and academics assess the current environmental compliance and enforcement regime and how it can be harnessed to secure ecologically sustainable development. After discussing the theoretical underpinnings of environmental compliance and enforcement and its position within South Africa’s broad legal framework, the text examines an array of specific issues and regulatory measures of key relevance to its practical realisation.
Content
Foreword by Judge Albie Sachs
Understanding the legal context by Anél du Plessis
Dissecting environmental compliance and enforcement by Frances Craigie, Phil Snijman and Melissa Fourie
Environmental compliance and envorcement institutions by Frances Craigie, Phil Snijman and Melissa Fourie
Environmental governance by Louis J. Kotzé
Environmental rights and locus standi by Loretta Feris
Administrative justice by Elmene Bray
Access to information by Willemien du Plessis
Administrative measures by Terry Winstanley
Criminal measures by Michael Kidd
Voluntary compliance measures by Karin Lehmann
Incentive-based masures by Alexander Paterson
Common-Law remedies for environmental protection by Richard Summers
Towards a more effective environmental compliance and enforcement regime for South Africa by Alexander Paterson and Louis J. Kotzé
Interest / Benefit to
Environmental consultants 
Impact assessors
Environmental lawyers
National, provincial and local government departments dealing with environmental management 
Environmental NGOs 
Conservation agencies
A multi-faceted and interdisciplinary approach to the subject matter