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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778189403321

Autore

Haar Charles M (Charles Monroe), <1920-2012.>

Titolo

Mastering Boston Harbor [[electronic resource] ] : courts, dolphins, and imperiled waters / / Charles M. Haar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-674-03809-6

Descrizione fisica

viii, 380 p. : ill., maps

Disciplina

344.744/7046343

Soggetti

Marine pollution - Law and legislation - Massachusetts - Boston Harbor

Quincy (Mass.) Trials, litigation, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-361) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.