The constitutional duty to uphold an open and democratic society: Why the Department of Water and Sanitation should change its punitive approach towards Public Interest Organisations defending South Africa’s Strategic Water Source Areas” by Prof Tracy-Lynn Field

*Professor Tracy-Lynn Field, current holder of the Claude Leon Chair in Earth Justice and Stewardship, has twenty-five years’ experience in the field of environmental law, and has actively supported the work of environmental Public Interest Organisations (PIOs) throughout her academic tenure.