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.)

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 n...

Table of Contents

• 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