Mastering Boston Harbor : : Courts, Dolphins, and Imperiled Waters / / Charles Monroe Haar.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
• VerfasserIn: Haar, Charles Monroe,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (406 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Abbreviations --; Map of Boston Harbor --; Introduction: Troubled Waters --; 1. The Harbor in the National Political Campaign: George H.W. Bush’s Landing --; 2. Under the Judicial Lens: The Quincy Case Is Launched --; 3. Coping with Complexities: Signing On as Special Master --; 4. The Setting: The Plants, Pipes, and Pumps of Boston Harbor --; 5. The Cast of Characters: Officials and Fish --; 6. Turning the Tide: Creating a Novel Trial Process --; 7. A Dying Harbor? The Battle of the Experts --; 8. Report of the Special Master: Findings of Fact --; 9. Report of the Special Master: Remedies and Recommendations --; 10. The Judge Lays Down the Law: The Procedural Order for the Rehabilitation of the Harbor --; 11. Awash with Ideas: A New Authority for Governing the Harbor --; 12. Safe Harbor: Paying for the Vision --; 13. Parting of theWaters: The Showdown between Court and Legislature --; 14. The Commons Restored: Courts and Social Change --; 15. The Call of the Bugler: Tools and Tactics of Effective Judicial Intervention --; Conclusion: The High Tide of Judicial Action --; Postscript: Boston Harbor Today --; Timeline of the Quincy Case --; Summary of Recommendations --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674038097; 9783110756067; 9783110442205
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674038097
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Charles Monroe Haar.

This book chronicles how America's most glorious and historically significant harbor was rescued from decades of pollution and neglect by a community of caring citizens who were linked to an environmentally committed judge and his special harbor master. This dynamic public-private team shaped novel legal and political procedures for governing and restoring the harbor.