Associate Professor Ed Couzens
Associate Professor
Ed Couzens joined the University of Sydney Law School in 2015 from the School of Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, where he lectured for 14 years and held the position of Associate Professor from 2009. He is an attorney of the High Court, South Africa; and holds the degrees of BA Hons LLB (from the University of the Witwatersrand), LLM Environmental Law (awarded jointly by the Universities of Natal and Nottingham), and PhD (from the University of KwaZulu-Natal).
- International and national wildlife law
- Protection of biodiversity (terrestrial)
- Protection of biodiversity (marine)
- Invasive species
- Migratory species
While he has taught many Law courses over the years, including Contract Law, Property Law and Public International Law, the core of his teaching and supervision is in Environmental Law.
- Environmental Law Association of South Africa (Executive Member 2010-2014).
- Sydney Centre for International Law (SCIL) Associate Member.
Project title | Research student |
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Artificial islands as an adaptive response to climate change – Has UNCLOS and Customary International Law hindered its progress? Considering artificial islands as a solution to loss of territory arising from climate change. | Thomas Zing Hou CHAN |
Fungi in Australian Environmental Law | Lachlan PENNINKILAMPI |
Selected publications
Publications
Books
- Lyster, R., Lipman, Z., Couzens, E., O'Neill, S., Smith, J. (2021). Environmental and Planning Law in New South Wales - 5th Edition. Sydney, NSW: The Federation Press.
- Couzens, E. (2019). International Encyclopaedia of Laws: Environmental Law - South Africa (2nd edition). The Netherlands: Wolters Kluwer.
- Couzens, E. (2014). Whales and Elephants in International Conservation Law and Politics: A Comparative Study. Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
Edited Books
- Couzens, E., Honkonen, T., Lewis, M. (2017). International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2015. Joensuu: University of Eastern Finland. [More Information]
- Couzens, E., Paterson, A., Riley, S., Fristikawati, Y. (2017). Protecting Forest and Marine Biodiversity: The Role of Law. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
- Kuokkanen, T., Couzens, E., Honkonen, T., Lewis, M. (2016). International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy: Insights and overviews. Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
Book Chapters
- Couzens, E. (2023). ‘Opening up a Procedure’: Might the Re-adherence of Iceland to the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling in 2002 Provide an Example for Japan to Follow? In Nikolas Sellheim, Joji Morishita (Eds.), Japan's Withdrawal from International Whaling Regulation: Implications for Global Environmental Diplomacy, (pp. 71-91). Oxon: Routledge. [More Information]
- Couzens, E., Couzens, M. (2017). A comparison of constitutional provisions on water-related rights in Southern African states. In Erkki J. Hollo (Eds.), Water Resource Management and the Law, (pp. 68-97). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
- Couzens, E., Paterson, A., Riley, S. (2017). Legal aspects of the protection of forest and marine biodiversity: Understanding the context. In Ed Couzens, Alexander Paterson, Sophie Riley, Yanti Fristikawati (Eds.), Protecting Forest and Marine Biodiversity: The Role of Law, (pp. 3-24). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
Journals
- Lyster, R., Couzens, E., Wardle, G. (2024). Australia's Biodiversity and the Bushfire Climate Catastrophe: Neoliberalism, Causality, Responsibility and Recovery. Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 40(3), 168-197.
- Celermajer, D., Lyster, R., Wardle, G., Walmsley, R., Couzens, E. (2021). The Australian Bushfire Disaster: How to Avoid Repeating this Catastrophe for Biodiversity. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 12(3), e704. [More Information]
- Coetzee, L., Couzens, E. (2018). Keeping the rhino (debate) alive: Swaziland's proposal at CITES CoP17 in 2016. South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 23(1), 217-254.
Reference Works
- Couzens, E. (2011). Water. In L. Harms, J. Faris (Eds.), The Law of South Africa (LAWSA) 30. (Vol. 30, pp. 279-410). South Africa: LexisNexis Butterworths.
- Couzens, E. (2010). Sea and Sea-shore. In L. Harms, J. Faris (Eds.), The Law of South Africa (LAWSA) 24. (Vol. 24, pp. 107-200). South Africa: LexisNexis Butterworths.
- Couzens, E. (2009). Expropriation. The Law of South Africa (LAWSA), Supplementary Part 2. (pp. 1-34). South Africa: LexisNexis Butterworths.
Other
- Trouwborst, A., Caddell, R., Couzens, E. (2013), Habeas Porpoise: The Strange Case of Morgan the Orca. [More Information]
Research Reports
- Couzens, E. (2017). Enforcement of Environmental Law: Good Practices From Africa and Asia (Volume II), (pp. 1 - 88). Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme. [More Information]
- Couzens, E. (2014). Enforcement of Environmental Law: Good Practices from Africa, Central Asia, ASEAN Countries and China (Volume I), (pp. 1 - 40). Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme. [More Information]
2024
- Lyster, R., Couzens, E., Wardle, G. (2024). Australia's Biodiversity and the Bushfire Climate Catastrophe: Neoliberalism, Causality, Responsibility and Recovery. Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 40(3), 168-197.
2023
- Couzens, E. (2023). ‘Opening up a Procedure’: Might the Re-adherence of Iceland to the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling in 2002 Provide an Example for Japan to Follow? In Nikolas Sellheim, Joji Morishita (Eds.), Japan's Withdrawal from International Whaling Regulation: Implications for Global Environmental Diplomacy, (pp. 71-91). Oxon: Routledge. [More Information]
2021
- Lyster, R., Lipman, Z., Couzens, E., O'Neill, S., Smith, J. (2021). Environmental and Planning Law in New South Wales - 5th Edition. Sydney, NSW: The Federation Press.
- Celermajer, D., Lyster, R., Wardle, G., Walmsley, R., Couzens, E. (2021). The Australian Bushfire Disaster: How to Avoid Repeating this Catastrophe for Biodiversity. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 12(3), e704. [More Information]
2019
- Couzens, E. (2019). International Encyclopaedia of Laws: Environmental Law - South Africa (2nd edition). The Netherlands: Wolters Kluwer.
2018
- Coetzee, L., Couzens, E. (2018). Keeping the rhino (debate) alive: Swaziland's proposal at CITES CoP17 in 2016. South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 23(1), 217-254.
- Bellengere, A., Couzens, E. (2018). The camel at the cutting edge: Animal welfare, environmental law, private prosecution and the three judgments in NSPCA v Minister of Justice. South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 24(1), 44-86.
2017
- Couzens, E., Couzens, M. (2017). A comparison of constitutional provisions on water-related rights in Southern African states. In Erkki J. Hollo (Eds.), Water Resource Management and the Law, (pp. 68-97). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
- Couzens, E. (2017). Enforcement of Environmental Law: Good Practices From Africa and Asia (Volume II), (pp. 1 - 88). Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme. [More Information]
- Couzens, E., Honkonen, T., Lewis, M. (2017). International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2015. Joensuu: University of Eastern Finland. [More Information]
2016
- Kuokkanen, T., Couzens, E., Honkonen, T., Lewis, M. (2016). International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy: Insights and overviews. Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
- Couzens, E., Honkonen, T., Lewis, M., Kuokkanen, T. (2016). Introduction: The substance and the structure of international environmental law-making and diplomacy. In Tuomas Kuokkanen, Ed Couzens, Tuula Honkonen, Melissa Lewis (Eds.), International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy: Insights and overviews, (pp. 1-7). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
- Couzens, E., Lewis, M. (2016). Learning from the past: A reflection on the roles of people and problems in the development of international environmental law. In Tuomas Kuokkanen, Ed Couzens, Tuula Honkonen, Melissa Lewis (Eds.), International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy: Insights and overviews, (pp. 97-126). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
2015
- Couzens, E. (2015). Avoiding Mazibuko: Water Security and Constitutional Rights in Southern African Case Law. Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 18(4), 1162-1186. [More Information]
- Lewis, M., Couzens, E., Honkonen, T. (2015). International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2014. Joensuu: University of Eastern Finland Law School. [More Information]
- Couzens, E. (2015). Water-related Conflict and Security in Southern Africa: The SADC Protocol on Shared Watercourses. In Melissa Lewis, Ed Couzens, Tuula Honkonen (Eds.), International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2014, (pp. 91-126). Joensuu: University of Eastern Finland Law School. [More Information]
2014
- Couzens, E. (2014). Enforcement of Environmental Law: Good Practices from Africa, Central Asia, ASEAN Countries and China (Volume I), (pp. 1 - 40). Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme. [More Information]
- Couzens, E. (2014). Fighting for Sanctuary: A Multilateral Simulation Exercise Based on the International Whaling Commission. In Tuula Honkonen, Melissa Lewis, Ed Couzens (Eds.), International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2013, (pp. 183-205). Joensuu: University of Eastern Finland Law School. [More Information]
- Honkonen, T., Lewis, M., Couzens, E. (2014). International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2013. Joensuu: University of Eastern Finland Law School. [More Information]
2013
- Couzens, E. (2013). A Strange Beast Swimming Upstream: The International Whaling Commission in the Context of Synergies between Biodiversity-related MEAs (Including a Multilateral Simulation Exercise). In Tuula Honkonen, Ed Couzens (Eds.), International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2011, (pp. 223-260). Joensuu, Finland: University of Eastern Finland Law School. [More Information]
- Couzens, E. (2013). CITES at Forty: Never Too Late to Make Lifestyle Changes. Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law, 22(3), 311-323. [More Information]
- Kidd, M., Couzens, E. (2013). Climate Change Responses in South Africa. In Erkki J. Hollo, Kati Kulovesi, Michael Mehling (Eds.), Climate Change and the Law, (pp. 619-638). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Science+Business Media. [More Information]
2012
- Couzens, E. (2012). Whaling and Dealing: Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling, Politics and Poverty. In Y Le Bouthillier, M Cohen, J Gonzalez Marquez, A Mumma, S Smith (Eds.), Poverty Alleviation and Environmental Law, (pp. 100-126). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
2011
- Couzens, E., Honkonen, T. (2011). International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2010. Joensuu, Finland: University of Eastern Finland Law School. [More Information]
- Couzens, E. (2011). International Law Relating to Climate Change and Marine Issues. In Ed Couzens, Tuula Honkonen (Eds.), International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2010, (pp. 185-216). Joensuu, Finland: University of Eastern Finland Law School. [More Information]
- Couzens, E. (2011). Water. In L. Harms, J. Faris (Eds.), The Law of South Africa (LAWSA) 30. (Vol. 30, pp. 279-410). South Africa: LexisNexis Butterworths.
2010
- Couzens, E., Blackmore, A. (2010). A Millennium Overturned: The Long History in England and South Africa of Laws Against Hunting with Dogs, and Recent Statutory Changes in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal. In Michael Kidd, Shannon Hoctor (Eds.), Stella Iuris: Celebrating 100 years of Teaching Law in Pietermaritzburg, (pp. 298-321). South Africa: Juta and Company Ltd.
- Couzens, E., Lewis, M., Surbun, V. (2010). Dumping the Seafill: The Integrated Coastal Management Act of 2008, International Controls on Dumping at Sea, and a Sea Change in Approach. South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 17(1), 45-67.
- Couzens, E. (2010). Expropriation as a Weapon for Environmental Protection in South Africa. South African Law Journal, 127(1), 18-29.
2009
- Couzens, E. (2009). Expropriation. The Law of South Africa (LAWSA), Supplementary Part 2. (pp. 1-34). South Africa: LexisNexis Butterworths.
- Couzens, E. (2009). How the Whale Got Its Impasse. In Ed Couzens, Tuula Honkonen (Eds.), International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2008, (pp. 81-88). Finland: University of Joensuu. [More Information]
- Couzens, E., Honkonen, T. (2009). International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2008. Finland: University of Joensuu. [More Information]
2008
- Couzens, E. (2008). Chemicals and Marine Mammals. In Tuula Kolari, Ed Couzens (Eds.), International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2007, (pp. 231-245). Finland: University of Joensuu. [More Information]
- Couzens, E. (2008). Filling station jurisprudence: Environmental Law in South African Courts and the Judgment in Fuel Retailers Association of Southern Africa v Director-General Environmental Management, Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment, Mpumalanga Province, and Others 2007 (6) SA 4 (CC). South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 15(1), 23-56.
- Kolari, T., Couzens, E. (2008). International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2007. Finland: University of Joensuu. [More Information]
2007
- Couzens, E. (2007). Costs, with pained regret: Wildlife and Environmental Society of South Africa v MEC for Economic Affairs, Environment and Tourism, Eastern Cape, and Others 2005 (6) S A 123 (E). South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 14(2), 217-225. [More Information]
- Couzens, E., Kolari, T. (2007). International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2006. Finland: University of Joensuu. [More Information]
- Couzens, E. (2007). Is Conservation a Viable Land Usage? Issues Surrounding the Sale of Ivory by Southern African Countries in 2004. In Nathalie J. Chalifour, Patricia Kameri-Mbote, Lin Heng Lye, John R. Nolon (Eds.), Land Use Law for Sustainable Development, (pp. 27-44). United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
2006
- Couzens, E., Dent, M. (2006). Finding NEMA: The National Environmental Management Act, the De Hoop Dam, Conflict Resolution and Alternative Dispute Resolution in Environmental Disputes. Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 9(3), 2-51. [More Information]
- Couzens, E. (2006). Individuals and Disasters: The Past and the Future of International Environmental Law. In Marko Berglund (Eds.), International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2005, (pp. 71-96). Finland: University of Joensuu. [More Information]
- Couzens, E. (2006). The World Summit on Sustainable Development, 2002: A Critical Overview. South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 13(1), 1-14. [More Information]
2005
- Ridl, J., Carnelley, M., Couzens, E. (2005). (Bio)Tracing Poor Exemptions: South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA) v'Head of Department: Department of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs and Others. South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 12(2), 151-171. [More Information]
- Couzens, E. (2005). Forestry. In J. Faris (Eds.), The Law of South Africa (LAWSA) 10. (pp. 107-162). South Africa: LexisNexis Butterworths.
- Couzens, E. (2005). Fundamental Environmental Rights. In Marko Berglund (Eds.), International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2004, (pp. 199-206). Finland: University of Joensuu. [More Information]
2004
- Couzens, E. (2004). A Vote for Trees: The case of Vogel v Crewe and Another 2003 (4) SA 509 (T). South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 11(1), 159-165. [More Information]
- Barron, N., Couzens, E. (2004). Intellectual Property Rights and Plant Variety Protection in South Africa: An International Perspective. Journal of Environmental Law, 16(1), 19-47. [More Information]
2003
- Couzens, E. (2003). The Influence of English Poaching Laws on South African Poaching Laws. Fundamina : A Journal of Legal History, 2003 (9), 62-72. [More Information]
- Couzens, E. (2003). Two Old Watchdogs: Different Global Perspectives of Conservation, CITES, the ICRW, the African Elephant and the Whale. South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 10(2), 151-176. [More Information]
2002
- Couzens, E. (2002). The Global Conservation Battleground. In K. Koufa (Eds.), Protection of the Environment for the New Millenium: Thesaurus Acroasium Vol. XXXI, (pp. 621-637). Greece: Institute of International Public Law and International Relations.
2001
- Couzens, E. (2001). HIV/AIDS and Prisoners' Rights. HIV/AIDS and the Law (Manual). (pp. 343-364). South Africa: AIDS Law Project/Lawyers for Human Rights.
1999
- Couzens, E. (1999). NEMA - A Step Closer to Coherence? South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 6(1), 13-19. [More Information]