Directory of Scholars

WILLEMIEN du PLESSIS

B JUR LLB MA LLD
PROFESSOR

email willemien.duplessis@nwu.ac.za

Primary Research Interests

  • Alternative regulatory tools (eg voluntary codes and self-regulation)
  • Enforcement & compliance issues
  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Human rights & the environment

Secondary Research Interests

  • Constitutional law and the environment
  • Energy law
  • Indigenous peoples & the environment
  • Regional environmental law (eg European Union)

Selected Publications

  • “Energy law” in Blainpain R (ed) International Encyclopaedia of law, Kluwer International Law, 2006 Nel J en
  • Unpacking integrated environmental management – a step closer to effective co-operative governance?, 2004 SAPR/PL 181-190
  • An evaluation of NEMA based on a generic framework for environmental framework legislation (with Nel J), 2001 South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy 1-37
  • “EIA legislation and the importance of transboundary application” (with Roux L), in Chalifour NJ, Kameri-Mbote P, Lye LH and Nolon JR, Land Use Law for Sustainable Development, Cambridge University Press, 2007, 89-108
  • The filling station saga: environmental or economic concerns? (with Britz L), 2007 TSAR 263-276
  • Absolving Historical Polluters from Liability through Restrictive Judicial Interpretation: A Matter of (Misguided) Principle (with Kotze L), 2007 Stellenbosch Law Review 161-193