Louis J. Kotzé

Louis J. Kotzé

Northwest University

H-index: 31

North America-United States

About Louis J. Kotzé

Louis J. Kotzé, With an exceptional h-index of 31 and a recent h-index of 26 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Northwest University, specializes in the field of Environmental law, environmental rights, environmental constitutionalism, Anthropocene, earth system law.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

David versus Goliath? Indigenous people, carbon majors and climate litigation in South Africa

Courts, climate litigation and the evolution of earth system law

The planetary commons: A new paradigm for safeguarding Earth-regulating systems in the Anthropocene

THE PROBLEM WITH SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE ANTHROPOCENE EPOCH

Environmental and Energy Law–Willemien du Plessis

Youth movements, intergenerational justice, and climate litigation in the deep time context of the Anthropocene

Earth System Law

Environmental and Energy Law-Special issue dedicated to Willemien du Plessis

Louis J. Kotzé Information

University

Position

Research Professor of Law ; Senior Professorial Fellow in Earth System Law

Citations(all)

3140

Citations(since 2020)

2288

Cited By

1421

hIndex(all)

31

hIndex(since 2020)

26

i10Index(all)

67

i10Index(since 2020)

53

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Louis J. Kotzé Skills & Research Interests

Environmental law

environmental rights

environmental constitutionalism

Anthropocene

earth system law

Top articles of Louis J. Kotzé

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

David versus Goliath? Indigenous people, carbon majors and climate litigation in South Africa

Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law

Louise Du Toit

Caiphas Soyapi

Louis J Kotzé

2024/3/6

Courts, climate litigation and the evolution of earth system law

Global Policy

Louis J Kotzé

Benoit Mayer

Harro Van Asselt

Joana Setzer

Frank Biermann

...

2024/2

The planetary commons: A new paradigm for safeguarding Earth-regulating systems in the Anthropocene

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Johan Rockström

Louis Kotzé

Svetlana Milutinović

Frank Biermann

Victor Brovkin

...

2024/1/30

THE PROBLEM WITH SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE ANTHROPOCENE EPOCH

The Routledge Handbook of Law and the Anthropocene

Louis J Kotzé

Sam Adelman

Felix Dube

2023/5/15

Environmental and Energy Law–Willemien du Plessis

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal

Anel Du Plessis

Louis Kotze

2023/11/23

Youth movements, intergenerational justice, and climate litigation in the deep time context of the Anthropocene

Environmental research communications

Louis J Kotzé

Henrike Knappe

2023/2/3

Earth System Law

Louis J Kotzé

Rakhyun E Kim

2023/8/18

Environmental and Energy Law-Special issue dedicated to Willemien du Plessis

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal (PELJ)

Louis J Kotzé

AA du Plessis

2023

Environmental law and the unsustainability of sustainable development: a tale of disenchantment and of hope

Law and critique

Louis J Kotzé

Sam Adelman

2023/7

The Right to a Healthy Environment and Law's Hidden Subjects

Louis J Kotzé

2023/1

Re-imagining Participation in the Anthropocene: The Potential of the Rights of Nature Paradigm

Paola Villavicencio-Calzadilla

Louis Kotzé

2023/6/27

Author Correction: Scientific evidence on the political impact of the Sustainable Development Goals (Nature Sustainability,(2022), 10.1038/s41893-022-00909-5)

Nature Sustainability

Frank Biermann

Thomas Hickmann

Carole Anne Sénit

Marianne Beisheim

Steven Bernstein

...

2023

Earth steward: Will Steffen's contributions to Earth System Science, governance and law

Ambio

Wiebren Johannes Boonstra

Rakhyun E Kim

Louis J Kotzé

Michelle Lim

Paulo Magalhães

...

2023/6

Realising the Right to Electricity Through Off-Grid Power Solutions in South Africa G Viljoen* and F Dube** PER/PELJ-Pioneer in peer-reviewed, open access online law …

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal (PELJ)

Germarié Viljoen

2023

Earth system law: Exploring new frontiers in legal science

Earth System Governance

Louis J Kotzé

Rakhyun E Kim

Catherine Blanchard

Joshua C Gellers

Cameron Holley

...

2022/1/1

Governing prometheans in the anthropocene: three proposals to reform international environmental law

Louis Kotzé

2022/5/25

Towards planetary nexus governance in the Anthropocene: An earth system law perspective

Global Policy

Louis J Kotzé

Rakhyun E Kim

2022/12

Law, systems, and Planet Earth

Earth System Governance

Rakhyun E Kim

Catherine Blanchard

Louis Kotzé

2022

Solar geoengineering: The case for an international non‐use agreement

Frank Biermann

Jeroen Oomen

Aarti Gupta

Saleem H Ali

Ken Conca

...

2022/5

Transnational environmental law: the birth of a contemporary analytical perspective

Louis Kotzé

Caiphas Soyapi

2016/11/25

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Co-Authors

H-index: 76
Frank Biermann

Frank Biermann

Universiteit Utrecht

H-index: 27
Rakhyun E. Kim

Rakhyun E. Kim

Universiteit Utrecht

H-index: 16
Anél Du Plessis

Anél Du Plessis

Northwest University

H-index: 14
WILLEMIEN DU PLESSIS

WILLEMIEN DU PLESSIS

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