Chapter 1: Context, Values, Evolution and Meaning
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Across
3. Author of Silent Spring.
7. Human-centred environmental reasoning that values nature principally for its contribution to human welfare.
9. Scholar who asked whether natural objects should have legal standing.
10. Value possessed independently of usefulness to humans.
12. Author associated with the land ethic and A Sand County Almanac.
Down
1. Common abbreviation for the principal Commonwealth environmental statute introduced in Chapter 1.
2. A nesting or breeding place; central to the Mon Repos example.
4. A value position focused on the inherent value of living beings.
5. Reasoning that recognises intrinsic value in ecosystems and the natural world.
6. The legal capacity to bring a proceeding or seek review.
8. A legally significant term whose meaning depends on the governing statute, context and purpose.
11. The statutory object or objective used in purposive interpretation.