Speaker details

African Regional Conference on the Environment

28 Nov - 30 Nov 2018

Radisson Blu Waterfront, Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Speaker information

Jan Glazewski

Biography

Jan Glazewski is a professor of law in the Institute. He was Special Advisor to the former Minster of Environmental Affairs & Tourism, Mr Mohammed Valli Moosa in 2003/4. In the early 1990s he was involved in the inclusion of environmental right in both the Namibian and South African Constitutions. His book Environmental Law in South Africa (Butterworths LexisNexis 2005) was awarded the UCT book award. Has recently published his latest book Hydraulic Fracturing in the Karoo: Critical Legal and Environmental Perspective co-edited with Surina Esterhuyse. His current research interests include climate change law, energy law and environmental law. His recent publications and reports are in the area of climate change liability, climate change and energy. law, which now appears in updated loose leaf format annually.