Directory of Scholars
ALEXANDER PATERSON
BA, LLB, LLM (ENVIRONMENTAL LAW)
SENIOR LECTURER
Primary Research Interests
- Alternative regulatory tools (eg voluntary codes and self-regulation)
- Biodiversity law
- Climate change law
- Constitutional law and the environment
- Economic instruments & the environment (taxes, emission trading, etc)
- Energy law
- Enforcement & compliance issues
- Environmental ethics & justice
- Environmental impact assessment
- Human rights & the environment
- International environmental law
- Marine & fisheries law
- Natural resources management (forestry, mining, etc)
- Pollution & toxics control
- Regional environmental law (eg European Union)
- Waste management
- Water law
Secondary Research Interests
- Corporate environmental responsibility
- Criminal law & the environment
- Environmental dispute resolution (litigation, mediation, etc)
- Environmental politics
- Financial & investment issues
- Municipal & land use planning
- Occupational health & safety law
- Private law (nuisance, negligence etc)
- Science & risk in environmental regulation
- Trade law & the environment
Selected Publications
- Environmental Compliance and Enforcement in South Africa: Critical Legal Perspectives (with Kotze LJ, eds.), Juta, Cape Town, 2009.
- The Role of the Judiciary in Environmental Governance: Comparative Perspectives (with Kotze LJ, eds.), Kluwer International, 2009.
- "On the Road to a Sustainable Transport Sector in South Africa: The Role of Market-Based Instruments", in Cottrell J, Milne JE, Ashiabor H, Kreiser L & Deketelaere K, eds., Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation: International and Comparative Perspectives, Volume VI, Oxford University Press, 2009, pp. 831-862.
- The Development of Integrated Coastal Management Legislation in South Africa (with Gibson, J.N.K.), Journal of Water Law, 2007, 18: 117-121.
- Wandering about South Africa's new protected areas regime, SA Public Law, 2007, 22: 1-33.
- Environmental Law in South Africa (with Glazewski JI), 2nd Edition, Lexis Nexis Butterworths, 2005.