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Detailed Curriculum Vitae: Louis J. Kotzé
Personal Information
First name: Louis
Second name: Jacobus
Surname: Kotzé
Date of Birth: 1 February 1977
Place of Birth: Johannesburg
Nationality: South African
Gender: Male
Contact Details
Email: [email protected]
Tel nr: +27 (18) 299 1956/1568
Fax nr: +27 (18) 299 1955
Mobile: + 27 (82) 335 6290
Address: Faculty of Law, Private Bag X6001, North West University, Hoffman
Street, Potchefstroom, 2520, South Africa
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Qualifications
1996-1998. Baccalaureus Commercii (Law) (Potchefstroom University)
1999-2000. Baccalaureus Legum (Potchefstroom University) (complete last six
months of LLB at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
2000-2001. Magister Legum (cum laude) (Potchefstroom University)
2002-2006. Doctor Legum (North West University (hereafter NWU)
Other Courses and Diplomas
2002. Environmental Law Course for Environmental Managers, Centre for
Environmental Management, NWU
2003. Course for Integrated Environmental Management in South Africa, Centre for
Environmental Management, NWU
2004. ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems Course, Centre for
Environmental Management, NWU
2004. Lead Environmental Auditor Course, Centre for Environmental Management,
NWU
2006. Course on philosophical foundations of scientific research and teaching, NWU
2007. Introductory German Language Course, University of Salzburg, Austria
2007. UNEP/University of Joensuu Course on International Environmental Law-
making and Diplomacy, Joensuu, Finland
2010. Introduction to German (GERM 111 and 112), Faculty of Humanities, NWU
Professional Experience
2002. Junior Lecturer, Potchefstroom University
2003. Lecturer, Potchefstroom University
2004-2006. Senior Lecturer, NWU
2007-2008. Associate Professor of Law, NWU
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2009-present. Professor of Law, NWU
Teaching
Present
2002-present. Pre-graduate teaching: Introduction to Law, Environmental Law, NWU
2005-present. Post-graduate teaching: LLM Environmental Law, LLM Research
Methodology, NWU
2005. Founder and programme leader, LLM Environmental Law and Governance,
NWU
2002-present. Lecturer on environmental law-short courses, Centre for
Environmental Management, NWU
Past
2004-2008. Post-graduate guest lecturer on Environmental Law, Masters in
Development Studies, University of the Free State
2005-2008. Pre-graduate lecturer, Research Methodology and Legal
Communication, NWU
2005-2008. Post-graduate guest lecturer LLM Environmental Law, University of
Pretoria
2004-2006. Lecturer, LLM Import and Export Law, NWU
2007-2009. Lecturer, Centre for Advanced Studies, Certificate in Environmental Law,
University of Pretoria
2008. Principal lecturer and course co-ordinator (on behalf of Prof. LA Feris), LLM
Environmental Law, University of Pretoria
Awards in Teaching and Research Excellence
2005. NWU, Teaching Quality Assessment Programme- University Award for
Outstanding Performance in Pre-graduate Teaching
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2008. NWU University Junior Researcher of the Year Award (University-wide
assessment including Potchefstroom, Mafikeng and Vanderbijl Park Campuses)
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
Publications in Law Journals
National
Kotzé LJ. Lente/Spring 2002. “Die Vervoer van Gevaarlike en Giftige Afval per Skip:
Suid-Afrika, die HNS Konvensie en Eise vir Suiwer Ekonomiese Verlies”
(Transportation of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea: South Africa, the
HNS Convention and Claims for Pure Economic Loss). 2002(381) Woord en Daad.
18-22.
Kotzé LJ. 2002. “The Interpretation of Section 1(6)(c) of the Hazardous and Noxious
Substances Convention”. 2002(27) South African Yearbook of International Law.
171-192.
Kotzé LJ and Van der Walt AJ. 2003. “Just Administrative Action and the Issue of
Unreasonable Delay in the Environmental Impact Assessment Process: A South
African Perspective”. 2003 10(1) South African Journal of Environmental Law and
Policy. 39-66.
Bosman C, Kotzé LJ and Du Plessis W. 2004: “The Failure of the Constitution to
Ensure Integrated Environmental Management from a Co-operative Governance
Perspective”. 2004 19(2) SA Public Law. 411-421.
Kotzé LJ. 2004. “The Application of Just Administrative Action in the South African
Environmental Governance Sphere: An Analysis of Some Contemporary Thoughts
and Recent Jurisprudence”. 2002(2) Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal. 1-42.
Murungi JEN and Kotzé LJ. 2005. “Environmental Liability under the Terminal
Operators Convention: A South African Perspective”. 2005 xxxviii(1) Comparative
and International Law Journal of Southern Africa. 47-74.
Kotzé LJ. 2006. “Improving Unsustainable Environmental Governance in South
Africa: the Case for Holistic Governance”. 2006(1) Potchefstroom Electronic Law
Journal: Special Environmental Law Edition. 1-44.
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Kotzé LJ and Bosman C. 2006. “A Legal Analysis of the Proposed Waste Discharge
Charge System in terms of the South African Environmental and Water Law
Framework”. 2006 27(1) Obiter. 128-145.
Du Plessis W and Kotzé LJ. 2006. “Behuising: Is Omgewingswetgewing alleen die
Struikelblok? (Provision of Housing: Is Environmental Legislation the Only
Impediment?” 2006(397) Woord en Daad. 30-33.
Du Plessis W and Kotzé LJ. 2007. “Absolving Historical Polluters from Liability
through Restrictive Judicial Interpretation: Some Thoughts on Bareki No v Gencor
Ltd”. 2007 18(1) Stellenbosch Law Review. 161-193.
Kotzé LJ. 2007. “Revisiting the South African Integrated Pollution Prevention and
Control (IPPC) Regime: A Critical Survey of Recent Developments”. 2007 22(1) SA
Public Law. 34-60.
Kotzé LJ. 2007. “Integrating Fragmented Pollution Regulation Regimes in Europe:
An Appraisal of the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Directive (Part 1)”.
2007 2(40) De Jure. 290-304.
Kotzé LJ. 2007. “On Integrated Environmental Governance in the Netherlands: A
Comparative Study in Reforms for South Africa”. 2007 XL(3) Comparative and
International Law Journal of Southern Africa. 472-508.
Kotzé LJ. 2007. “Integrating Pollution Regulation Regimes: A Comparative Survey of
the Finnish and South African Legal Systems”. 2007 28(3) Obiter. 439-464.
Kotzé LJ et al. 2007. “Strategies to Integrate Environmental Policy at the Operational
Level: Towards an Integrated Framework for Environmental Authorisations”. 2007
14(1) South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy. 57-81.
Kotzé LJ. 2008. “Integrating Fragmented Pollution Regulation Regimes in Europe:
An Appraisal of the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Directive (Part 2)”.
2008 41(1) De Jure. 36-58.
De la Harpe SP le R and Kotzé LJ. 2008. “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Using
Good and Cooperative Governance to Improve Environmental Governance of South
African World Heritage Sites: A Case Study of the Vredefort Dome”. 2008(2)
Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal. 1-53.
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Kleynhans EPJ and Kotzé LJ. 2008. “A Critical Analysis of the Effect of South African
Environmental Legislation on the International Competitiveness of Local Industries”.
2008(15) South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy. 245-277.
Retief F and Kotzé LJ. 2008. “The Lion the Ape and the Donkey: Cursory
Observations on the Misinterpretation and Misrepresentation of Environmental
Impact Assessment in the Chronicles of Fuel Retailers”. 2008(15) South African
Journal of Environmental Law and Policy. 139-155.
Kotzé LJ and Lubbe N. 2009. “How (Not) to Silence a Spring: The Stilfontein Saga in
Three Parts”. Forthcoming 2009 16(2) South African Journal of Environmental Law
and Policy. 49-77.
International
Kotzé LJ and Jansen van Rensburg L. 2003. “Legislative Protection of Cultural
Heritage Resources: A South African Perspective”. 2003 3(1) Queensland University
of Technology Law and Justice Journal. 121-140.
Kotzé LJ and Du Plessis AA. 2006. “The Inception and Role of International
Environmental Law in Domestic Biodiversity Conservation Efforts: The South African
Experience”. 2006 6(1) Queensland University of Technology Law and Justice
Journal. 30-53.
Du Plessis AA and Kotze LJ. 2007. “Regulation of International Trade in Biodiversity
Resources: Towards Sustainable Trade in South Africa.” 2007(13) Tilburg Foreign
Law Review. 335-367.
Kotzé LJ. 2007. “The Judiciary, the Environmental Right and the Quest for
Sustainability in South Africa: A Critical Reflection.” 2007 16(3) Review of European
Community and International Environmental Law. 298-311.
Kotzé LJ. 2007. “The South African Environment and the Constitution of 1996: Some
Reflections on a Decade of Democracy and Constitutional Protection of the
Environment.” 2007 1(1) Direitos Fundamentais and Justica. 79-101.
Kotzé LJ. 2007. “Judicial Intervention in Constitutional Environmental Governance:
How is South Africa Doing?” 2007(7) Cadernos da Escola de Direito e Relacoes
Internacionais da UniBrasil. 379-405.
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Kotzé LJ. 2008. “A Critical Survey of Domestic Constitutional Provisions Relating to
Environmental Protection in South African.” 2008 14(3) Tilburg Foreign Law Review.
298-337.
Kotzé LJ and Du Plessis W. 2009. “Diritto Ambientale in Sudafrica: lo Status quo e le
Prospettive Future” (Environmental Law in South Africa: the Status Quo and Future
Prospects). 2009 3(4) Rivista Giuridica Dell'ambiente. 577-590.
Kotzé LJ. 2009. “Access to Water in South Africa: Constitutional Perspectives from a
Developing Country”. 2009(1) Finnish Environmental Law Review. 70-106.
Kotzé LJ and Feris L. 2009. “Trustees for the Time Being of the Biowatch Trust v
Registrar, Genetic Resources and Others: Access to Information, Costs Awards and
the Future of Public Interest Environmental Litigation in South Africa” Forthcoming
November 2009 Issue 18(3). Review of European Community and International
Environmental Law.
Kotzé LJ. 2010. “Phiri, the Plight of the Poor and the Perils of Climate Change: Time
to Rethink Environmental and Socio-economic Rights in South Africa?” 2010 Journal
on Human Rights and the Environment (accepted for publication and to appear in the
second part of 2010).
Books and Chapter Contributions
National
Kotzé LJ. 2002. “Local Economic Development and the Possible Conflict of
Fundamental Rights” in Constitution and Law IV: KAS Colloquium on Local
Government Law (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 2002) 103-107.
Kotzé LJ, Du Plessis W, Feris L and Olivier M. 2008. South Africa Environmental
Law through the Cases (LexisNexis Butterworths, Durban). 1-128.
Nel JG and Kotzé LJ. 2009. “Chapter 1. Environmental Management: An
Introduction” in Strydom H and King N (eds) Fuggle and Rabie’s Environmental
Management in South Africa 2nd ed (Juta, Cape Town). 1-33.
Paterson AR and Kotzé LJ (eds). 2009. Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
in South Africa: Legal Perspectives (Juta, Cape Town). 1-404.
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Paterson AR and Kotzé LJ. 2009. “Introduction” in Paterson AR and Kotzé LJ (eds).
Environmental Compliance and Enforcement in South Africa: Legal Perspectives
(Juta, Cape Town). 1-8.
Kotzé LJ. 2009. “Environmental Governance” in Paterson AR and Kotzé LJ (eds).
Environmental Compliance and Enforcement in South Africa: Legal Perspectives
(Juta, Cape Town). 103-125.
Paterson AR and Kotzé LJ. 2009. "Towards a More Effective Environmental
Compliance and Enforcement Regime in South Africa" in Paterson AR and Kotzé LJ
(eds). Environmental Compliance and Enforcement in South Africa: Legal
Perspectives (Juta, Cape Town). 370-379.
Kotzé LJ (ed). 2011. Introduction to South African Law (Oxford University Press, in
process and to appear first part of 2011).
Kotzé LJ, Du Plessis W, Feris LA and Paterson AR. 2011. South Africa
Environmental Law through the Cases 2nd ed (LexisNexis Butterworths, Durban-in
process of revision and to appear 2011).
International
Kotzé LJ. 2006. A Legal Framework for Integrated Environmental Governance in
South Africa and the North West Province. (Wolf Legal Publishers, Netherlands). 1-
238.
Kotzé LJ. 2007. “Strategies for Integrated Environmental Governance in South
Africa: Towards a More Sustainable Environmental Governance and Land-use
Regime” in Chalifour N, Kameri-Mbote P, Lye LH, Nolon JR (eds). Land Use Law for
Sustainable Development: IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Research Series
(Cambridge University Press, Cambridge). 219-239.
Soskolne C, Westra L, Kotzé LJ, Mackey B, Rees WE, and Westra R (eds). 2007.
Sustaining Life on Earth: Environmental and Human Health through Global
Governance (Roman Littlefield, Lexington Books, Canada). 1-482.
Kotzé LJ. 2007. “Towards Sustainable Environmental Governance in South Africa:
Cooperative Environmental Governance and Integrated Environmental Management
as Possible Solutions for Fragmentation” in Soskolne C. et al (eds) Sustaining Life
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on Earth: Environmental and Human Health through Global Governance (Roman
Littlefield, Lexington Books, Canada). 155-169.
Kotzé LJ. 2008. “Balancing Sustainability Considerations through Public Participation
in South Africa: A Critical Reflection on Legislative Entitlements and the Role of the
Judiciary” in Bosselmann K, Engel R, and Taylor P (eds). Governance for
Sustainability: Issues, Challenges, Successes, IUCN Environmental Law and Policy
Paper No. 70. (IUCN, Gland, Switzerland). 133-140.
Kotzé LJ. 2008. “The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Experience
in Shared Watercourse Governance” in Hart S (ed) Shared Resources: Issues of
Governance, IUCN Environmental Law and Policy Paper No. 72. (IUCN, Gland,
Switzerland). 57-76.
Kotzé LJ and Paterson AR. (eds). 2009. The Role of the Judiciary in Environmental
Governance: Comparative Perspectives (Kluwer Law International, Netherlands). 1-
640.
Kotzé LJ and Paterson AR 2009. “South Africa” in Kotzé LJ and Paterson AR. (eds)
2009. The Role of the Judiciary in Environmental Governance: Comparative
Perspectives (Kluwer Law International, Netherlands). 357-601.
Kotzé LJ. 2009. “Fragmentation of International Environmental Law: An Oceans
Governance Case Study” in Couzens E and Honkonen T (eds) International
Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review No. 8. (University of Joensuu,
Finland). 11-30.
Mwebaza R and Kotzé LJ (eds) Environmental Governance and Climate Change in
Africa: Legal Perspectives, ISS Monograph Series No 167 (Institute for Security
Studies, Pretoria). 1-283.
Paddock L, Kotzé LJ, Markell D, Markowitz K, Qun D, and Zaelke D (eds).
Forthcoming Spring, 2010. Compliance and Enforcement in Environmental Laws:
Towards More Effective Implementation. (Edward Elgar Publishers).
Kotzé LJ. Forthcoming 2010. “Enforcing Liabilities and Responsibilities for Pollution
Prevention and Remediation: A Legal Reflection on the Legacy and Future of the
Mining Industry in South Africa” in Paddock L et al (eds). Compliance and
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Enforcement in Environmental Laws: Towards More Effective Implementation.
(Edward Elgar Publishers).
Kotzé LJ. 2010. “The Theory of Environmental Governance: Concepts, Challenges
and Opportunities” in Couzens E and Honkonen T (eds) International Environmental
Law-making and Diplomacy Review No. 9. (University of Joensuu, Finland-in
process and to appear in the second part of 2010).
Kotzé LJ. 2010. “Environmental Law in Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa” in Ruhl JB,
Bosselmann K and Fogel DS (eds) The Law and Politics of Sustainability: Vol 3
Encyclopaedia of Sustainability (Berkshire Publishing-in process and to appear in the
second part of 2010).
Kotzé LJ. 2011-2012. Towards a Legal Theory of International Environmental
Governance (post-doctoral research to be published with international law publisher
during 2012).
Conference Papers Presented
National
2001. Kotzé LJ. The Interpretation of Section 6(c) of the Hazardous and Noxious
Substances Convention. HL Swanepoel-lesing. NWU, Potchefstroom, April 2001.
2001. Kotzé LJ. Economic Development and the Possible Conflict of Fundamental
Rights. Colloquium on Local Government. Faculty of Law, NWU, Potchefstroom,
October 2001.
2002. Kotzé LJ. The Protection of South African Cultural Heritage Resources: An
Interpretation of Legislative Measures. Colloquium on Alternative Constitutional
Theories in the South African Context. Research Unit for Legal and Constitutional
Interpretation (RULCI), Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town,
July 2002.
2002. Kotzé LJ. Critical Thinking on the Sustainable Development of South Africa’s
Cultural Heritage Resources. Critical Methods Conference: Something for Nothing
UNISA, Pretoria. September 2002.
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2002. Kotzé LJ. Towards Sustainable Development: The Interpretation of the Liability
Sections in the Hazardous and Noxious Substances Convention. Rio+10 and the
Future of International Environmental Law Conference. Institute of Environmental
Law, Faculty of Law, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, August 2002.
2002. Kotzé LJ. The Interpretation of the Liability Sections under the Hazardous and
Noxious Substances Convention. Pacem in Maribus Conference. University of Cape
Town, Cape Town, December 2002.
2002. Kotzé LJ. Grondwetlike Interpretasie en Omgewingsbewaring: ’n Kontekstuele
Perspektief. Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Colloquium on Politics, Socio-economic
Issues and Culture in Constitutional Adjudication, Faculty of Law, NWU,
Johannesburg, November 2002.
2003. Kotzé LJ. The Constitutional Court’s Contribution to Sustainable Development
in South Africa. HL Swanepoel-lesing, NWU, Potchefstroom, April 2003.
2003. Kotzé LJ. Co-operative Environmental Governance: Towards the
Establishment of an Integrated Authorisation System in the North West Province.
International Association for Impact Assessment Annual Conference (IAIA) Co-
operative Governance in Southern Africa: The Search for the Holy Grail, Wilderness,
August 2003.
2003. Kotzé LJ. Co-operative Environmental Governance and the Viability of a One-
Stop Shop. Environmental Law Association Annual Conference, Environmental Law
Association, Drakensberg, November 2003.
2004. Kotzé LJ. Volhoubare Regering vir die Omgewing: Historiese en
Toekomsperspektiewe op Geïntegreerde Omgewingsbestuur en Samewerkende
Omgewingsregering. Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns Jaarlikse
Nasionale Kongres, Potchefstroom, May 2004.
2004. Bosman C and Kotzé LJ. Reasonable Measures for Pollution Prevention and
Remediation – What is “Reasonable” to Whom? Environmental Law Association
Annual Conference, Environmental Law Association, Drakensberg, December 2004.
2005. Kotzé LJ. The Application of Just Administrative Action in the South African
Environmental Governance Sphere: An Analysis of Some Contemporary Thoughts
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and Recent Jurisprudence. Annual South African Law Teachers Association
Conference, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, January 2005.
2005. Bosman C and Kotzé LJ. The Impact of the Minerals and Petroleum
Resources Development Act on Mine Closure Planning. Water Institute of Southern
Africa: Mine Water Division-Conference on Mine Closure. Randfontein, April 2005.
2005. Bosman C and Kotzé LJ. Responsibilities, Liabilities and Duties for
Remediation and Mine Closure under the MPRDA and NWA. The Future of Mining
Environmental Management Annual Colloquium, Johannesburg, July 2005.
2005. Du Plessis AA and Kotzé LJ. Conserving Biodiversity in South Africa: Does
South Africa Comply with its International Law Obligations? Legislating for
Sustainability 11th Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact
Assessment (IAIA), South African Affiliate, Thaba „Nchu August 2005.
2005. EPJ Kleynhans and Kotzé LJ. Die Invloed van Suid-Afrikaanse
Omgewingswetgewing op die Mededingendheid van Plaaslike Nywerhede: ’n
Kritiese Analise binne die Konteks van Volhoubaarheid Jaarlikse Kongres van die
SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, Pretoria, May 2005.
2005. Kotzé LJ. Toekomsperspektiewe op Volhoubare Ontwikkeling en
Volhoubaarheid in die Suid-Afrikaanse Omgewingsreg: Die Noodsaaklikheid vir
Herdefiniëring Jaarlikse Kongres van die SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns,
Pretoria , Mei 2005.
2005. Kotzé LJ. Towards Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control in South Africa:
Distilling Lessons from the European Experience. Legislating for Sustainability 11th
Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment, South
African Affiliate, Thaba „Nchu August 2005.
2005. Bosman C and Kotzé LJ. Responsibilities, liabilities and duties for mine
remediation and closure under the MPRDA and NWA Legislating for Sustainability
11th Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment,
South African Affiliate, Thaba „ Nchu August 2005.
2005. Kotzé LJ. Improving Unsustainable Environmental Governance in South
Africa: The Case for Holistic Governance Legislating for Sustainability 11th Annual
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Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment, South African
Affiliate, Thaba „ Nchu August 2005.
2005. Kotzé LJ et al. Strategies to Integrate Environmental Policy at the Operational
Level: Towards an Integrated Framework for Environmental Authorisations
Legislating for Sustainability 11th Annual Conference of the International Association
for Impact Assessment, South African Affiliate, Thaba „ Nchu August 2005.
2006. Du Plessis W and Kotzé LJ. Absolving Historical Polluters from Liability
through Restrictive Judicial Interpretation: A matter of (misguided) Principle? Annual
Environmental Law Association of SA Workshop, University of Cape Town, Cape
Town, February 2006.
2006. Kotzé LJ. On Integrated Environmental Governance in the Netherlands: A
Comparative Study in Reforms for South Africa. Annual South African Law Teachers
Association Conference, University of Cape Town, Cape Town.
2006. Kotzé LJ. On Fragmentation and Diffuse Systems for Pollution Regulation:
The Case for Uniform Pollution Standards in South Africa. Annual International
Association for Impact Assessment Conference, Kwa Maritane, August 2006.
2006. De La Harpe S and Kotzé LJ. Good Governance of World Heritage Sites: A
Survey of the South African Legal Framework. Annual International Association for
Impact Assessment Conference, Kwa Maritane, August 2006.
2006. Kotzé LJ. The Effect of Globalisation on South African Environmental Law:
Some Thoughts on Domestic Enviornmental Governance through Emerging
International Environmental Law Norms. Seminar on Internationalisation of
Constitutional Law and Constitutionalisation of International Law: Surveying the
Effects of Globalization on South African Law, NWU, Potchefstroom, August 2006.
2007. Du Plessis W, Kotzé LJ and Van der Schyff E. Shared Watercourse
Governance in SADC. Annual ELA Conference, Cape Town, November 2007.
2008. Kotzé LJ. and Lubbe N. Silent Spring Revisited: The Stilfontein Water Pollution
Saga in Three Parts. ELA/IAIA Conference, Bela-Bela, August 2008.
2008. Kotzé LJ. Fragmentation of International Environmental Law: An Oceans
Governance Case Study. UNEP/University of Joensuu Course on International
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Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy, Pietermaritzburg, July 2008 (invited
speaker).
2009. Retief F and Kotzé LJ. The Lion the Ape and the Donkey: Observations on the
Misinterpretation and Misrepresentation of EIA in the Chronicles of Narnia. ELA
Annual Conference, Johannesburg, May 2009.
2010. Kotzé LJ. Phiri, the Plight of the Poor and the Perils of Climate Change: Time
to Rethink Environmental and Socio-economic Rights in South Africa? ELA Annual
Conference, Durban, May 2010.
International
2002. Kotzé LJ. Legislative Protection of Cultural Heritage Resources: A South
African Perspective. Environment, Culture and Community Conference. University of
Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, Julie 2002.
2002. Kotzé LJ. The Interpretation of Claims for Pure Economic Loss under Section
1(6)(c) of the Hazardous and Noxious Substances Convention: A South African
Perspective. Fourth Conference on Environmental Problems in Coastal Regions.
Wessex Institute of Technology, Rhodos, Greece, September 2002.
2003. Kotzé LJ. Constitutional Adjudication and the Promotion of Sustainable
Development in South Africa: Greening a Developing Country. Global Ecological
Integrity, Human Rights and Human Responsibilities, University of Urbino, Italy, July
2003.
2004. Kotzé LJ. Co-operative Environmental Governance in Developing Countries:
Some Perspectives on the Integration of Environmental Authorisations in South
Africa. The Second Colloquium of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, Kenya,
October 2004.
2004. Kotzé LJ. The Achievement of Sustainable Ecological Governance in South
Africa: New Perspectives on Co-operative Governance and Integrated
Environmental Management, Global Ecological Governance for Eco–Justice and
Public Health, Montreal, Canada, July 2004.
2004. Kotzé LJ et al. Strategies to Integrate Environmental Policy at the Operational
Level: Towards an Integrated Framework for Environmental Authorisations, Berlin
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Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change: Greening
of Policies-Interlinkages and Policy Integration, Berlin, December 2004.
2005. Kotzé LJ. Addressing Fragmented and Unsustainable Environmental
Governance in South Africa: Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control as a
Framework for Integration Reforms. Transforming Environmental Governance for the
21st Century Ecopolitics XVI Conference, Griffith University, Brisbane Australia, July
2005.
2005. Kotzé LJ and Du Plessis AA. The Inception and Role of International
Environmental Law in Domestic Biodiversity Protection Efforts: The South African
Experience. Biodiversity Conservation: Law and Livelihoods –Bridging the North
South Divide Annual IUCN International Conference Macquarie University, Sydney
Australia, July 2005.
2005. Kotzé LJ and Bosman C. A Legal Analysis of the Waste Discharge Charge
System in terms of the South African Water Law Framework. Annual Environmental
Taxation Conference, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven Belgium, September
2005.
2006. Kotzé LJ. The South African Environment and the 1996 Constitution: Some
Reflections on a Decade of Democracy and Constitutional Protection of the
Environment. 10th International Conference on Environmental Law: Human Rights
and the Environment. Law for a Green Planet Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil June 2006
(invited international guest speaker).
2006. Kotzé LJ. Enforcing Liabilities and Responsibilities for Pollution Prevention and
Remediation: A Legal Reflection on the Legacy and Future of the Mining Industry in
South Africa. Annual World Conservation Union (IUCN) Environmental Law
Colloquium, White Plains, New York, October 2006.
2006. Kotzé LJ and De la Harpe S. Good Governance of World Heritage Sites: A
Survey of the South African Legal Framework. United Nations/UNEP 2nd Colloquium
for African Environmental Law Teachers. Entebbe, Uganda, September 2006 (invited
speaker).
2007. Kotzé LJ. Assessing Environmental Law Research needs for Southern Africa:
The Quest for Sustainability. IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Research
Workshop, Ottawa, Canada, May 2007 (invited international speaker).
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2007. Kotzé LJ and Jansen van Rensburg LJ. A Critical Survey of the Socio-
economic Dimensions of South Africa’s Environmental Right. 1st International
Seminar about the Social and Environmental State, Pontifical Catholic University
from Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, June 2007 (invited international
speaker).
2007. Kotzé LJ. The Environment, the Courts, Fundamental Rights and
Constitutional Governance: How is South Africa Doing? 5th Annual World
Conservation Union (IUCN) Environmental Law Colloquium, Paraty, Brazil, June
2007.
2007. Kotzé LJ. A Critical Survey of Constitutional Environmental Governance in
South Africa. IV Rio De Janeiro Attorney-General‟s Office International Congress on
Environmental Law, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 2007 (invited international speaker).
2008. Kotzé LJ. Promoting Public Participation in Environmental Decision-making
through the South Africa Courts: Myth or Reality? UNITAR-Yale Conference on
Environmental Governance and Democracy, Yale University, New Haven, May 2008.
2008. Kotzé LJ. Poverty Alleviation through Good Environmental Governance: A
South African Case Study. 6th Annual Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium,
Mexico, November 2008.
2008. Kotzé LJ. Balancing the Right to Access to Water and Sustainability
Considerations in a Developing Country: A South African Case Study. Annual Water
Law Conference, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, November, 2008 (invited
international speaker).
2009. Kotzé LJ. The Theoretical Foundations of Environmental Governance.
UNEP/University of Joensuu Course on International Environmental Law-making and
Diplomacy, Nairobi, Kenya, June 2009 (invited speaker).
2009. Kotzé LJ and Feris LA. Biowatch and the Future of Public Interest
Environmental Litigation in South Africa. IUCN Academy of Environmental Law
Colloquium, Wuhan, China, November 2009.
2010. Kotzé LJ. Revisiting Privatization of Water Service in a Developing Country.
Global Ecological Integrity Group Annual Conference: Ecological Integrity and
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Globalization, Science, Human Behaviour, Public Policy and the Law. University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, July 2010.
2010. Kotzé LJ. Volkswagen Stiftung: Our Common Future Conference, Essen,
Germany, November, 2010 (invited international speaker).
Supervisor for Post-graduate Degrees (Master’s and Doctoral
Students)
2003-present. 14 LLM dissertations completed and 8 in process of completion
2006-present. 3 Doctoral theses in process of completion
Editorial Board Memberships and Editorial Functions
2006, 2010. Series Editor: Special Environmental Law Edition for the Potchefstroom
Electronic Law Journal 2006(3) and the forthcoming issue 2010(2)
2007-present. Member of the Executive Editorial Board of the South African Journal
of Environmental Law and Policy
2007-present. Member of the International Advisory Editorial Board of the Law
Review of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasilia
2007-present: Member of the International Advisory Editorial Board of Direitos
Fundamentais & Justica (Fundamental Rights and Justice Journal) of the Pontificia
Universidade Catilica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2009-present. Member of the International Advisory Editorial Board of the Tijdschrift
voor Milieurecht (Journal of Environmental Law), Belgium
2009-present. Member of the International Advisory Editorial Board of the Journal of
Human Rights and the Environment, Edward Elgar Publishers
2010-present. Member of the Executive Editorial Board of the Potchefstroom
Electronic Law Journal
Co-editor for various national and international law publications- see publication
section above
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Invited Guest Lecturer
2002-present. National: University of Pretoria, University of Johannesburg, University
of the Free State
2005-present. International: University of Sydney (Australia), University of Tilburg
(Netherlands), UniBrazil (Brazil), Justice Training College Brazil (Brazil), University of
Helsinki (Finland), University of Denver (United States), University of Giessen
(Germany)
Research Projects and Research Visits
2002–present. Researcher, Research Unit Project-Trade and the Environment,
Faculty of Law, NWU
2002–2004. Research project: Developing an Integrated Environmental
Management System for the North West Province in conjunction with the
Government of Finland (received Euro 7000 grant from the Government of Finland)
2003. Research project: Legislative Review, Office of the Premier, North-West
Province, South Africa
2003. Research visit, Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki, and Regional Finnish
Environment Centre, Yvaskyla, Finland
2003, 2008. Research visits, Centre for Environmental Law, University of
Amsterdam, Netherlands
2004. Research visit, Faculty of Law University of Leiden, Netherlands
2004. Research visit, Institute of Environmental and Energy Law, Faculty of Law,
Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
2005-present. Project leader and principal researcher, Research Unit Sub-project
Governance for Sustainability, Faculty of Law, NWU
2005, 2009. Research visits, Faculty of Law, and Australian Centre for
Environmental Law, University of Sydney, Australia
2005, 2008. Research visits, Faculty of Law, University of Tilburg, Netherlands
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2005-2008. Researcher and co-drafter of research proposal and funding application:
SANPAD Research project in conjunction with the University of Tilburg, the Dutch
Department of Foreign Affairs and the University of Amsterdam (approximately R
500 000 for 3 years)
2006, 2008, 2009, 2010. Research visits to the Max Planck Institute for Public
International and Comparative Law, Heidelberg, Germany
2007. Research visit to the IUCN Environmental Law Centre, Bonn, Germany
2007-2008. Post-doctoral Research visit to the Faculty of Law, University of Salzburg
(received Euro 4000 grant from the Österreichische Austauschdienst)
2009. Project leader and principal researcher for project: Development of Draft
Standard Environmental Bylaws for the North West Province in cooperation with the
Office of the Premier (NWP) and the NWU (approximately ZAR 450 000 for one
year)
2009. One of the principal researchers in project: South African Law Reform
Commission: Environmental Law Review in conjunction with the Department of
Justice and Constitutional Development of South Africa
2010-2013. South African project leader, and one of the principal researchers in the
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) project with the Faculty of Law,
Justus Liebig Universität, Giessen Germany, entitled TraProBio-Transboundary
Protection of Biodiversity Resources (approximately 150 000 Euros (ZAR 1.5 Million)
for 3 years)
2010-2012. Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung Post-doctoral Research Stipendium
(Towards a Legal Theory of International Environmental Governance), to be
conducted at the Max Planck Institute for Public International and Comparative Law,
Heidelberg, Germany; and Faculty of Law Justus Liebig Universität, Giessen,
Germany. (Total grant 40 000 Euros for 17 months (ZAR 400 000))
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Research Reports
2004. Co-drafter, and principal researcher Centre for Environmental Managament
and Faculty of Law Project, Towards an Integrated Environmental Management
System for the North-West Province, NWU
2008. Co-drafter and co-researcher, Final Report: SANPAD Transboundary
Environmental Governance in SADC, NWU
2009. One of the principal researchers and co-drafter of final report: South African
Law Reform Commission and the Department of Justice and Constitutional
Development, Review of Environmental Laws Project
2009. Project leader, one of the principal researchers and co-drafter of the Final
Synthesis Report for project in co-operation with the Office of the Premier, North
West Province, South Africa and the NWU: Developing an Environmental Bylaw
Framework for Local Government, NWU
Leadership Positions and Professional Memberships
2003-present. Member of the Global Ecological Integrity Group
2003-present. Member of the South African Environmental Law Association
2003-present. North-West Regional Representative and Regional Coordinator of the
Environmental Law Association, South Africa
2004-present. Member of the IUCN (World Conservation Union) Academy of
Environmental Law
2004-2006. Member of the South African Academy for Science and Art
2004-present. Member of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA)
(South African Branch)
2005-2007. Head of Secretariat, Environmental Law Association of South Africa
2006-present. Commissioner of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law (CEL)
2006-present. Member of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law, Specialist
Group on Environmental Governance
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2006-present. Member of the Association of Environmental Law Lecturers from
African Universities (ASSELLAU)
2007-present. Member of the Research Committee of the IUCN Academy of
Environmental Law
2007-present. Member of the South African Branch of the International Law
Association (SABILA)
2008. Member of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law, Specialist Group on
Environmental Ethics
2008. Member of the International Network for Environmental Compliance and
Enforcement (INECE)
2009-present. Member of the Academic Partnership for Environment and
Development in Africa (APEDIA)
2010. Member of the Volkswagen Stiftung Global Young Faculty
Community service
2002. Community service during the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable
Development 2002, International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, Local
Government Session. 26 – 31 Augustus, Johannesburg.
2002-present. Capacity building of industry and government officials in
Environmental Law, governance and management at the Centre for Environmental
Management, NWU.
2005-2009. Member of Kynoch Factory Gypsum Dam Rehabilitation Committee,
Potchefstroom.
2008-present. Member and Specialist Advisor to the Tlokwe Executive Mayoral
Environmental Committee, Potchefstroom.
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References
Prof. Dr. W du Plessis
(Professor of Law and Director: Research Unit)
Faculty of Law, North West University, South Africa
Email: [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Jonathan Verschuuren
(Professor of Law, Vice-Dean Research, and Director: Centre for Legislative Studies)
Faculty of Law, University of Tilburg, Netherlands
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Alejandro Iza
(Director: IUCN Environmental Law Centre)
IUCN Environmental Law Centre, Bonn, Germany
Email: [email protected]
Prof. Rosemary Lyster
(Professor of Law and Director: Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental
Law)
Faculty of Law, University of Sydney
Email: [email protected]