Browsing by Subject "Environmental protection"
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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 ... -
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 ... -
In pursuit of 'sustainable development': the role of regulation in balancing goals of environmental protection and increased electricity production in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa)., 2023-10)From the year 2008 to date, South Africa has experienced serious power (electricity) problems in which the country began to witness frequent power-cuts commonly referred to as 'load shedding'. The courts in South Africa ... -
Misplacing nema? A consideration of some problematic aspects of South Africa's new EIA regulations
(North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Faculty of Law, 2010)In mid-2006, new Regulations governing environmental impact assessment were published in terms of the National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998. It is argued in this article that the old Regulations under the ... -
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 ...
