Mastering Boston Harbor : courts, dolphins, and imperiled waters / Charles M. Haar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marine pollution--Law and legislation--Massachusetts--Boston Harbor.

Marine pollution.

Quincy (Mass.)--Trials, litigation, etc.

Quincy (Mass.).

Massachusetts. Metropolitan District Commission--Trials, litigation, etc.

Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Water Resources Authority--History.

Massachusetts Water Resources Authority.

Physical Description:

viii, 380 p. : ill., maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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

ISBN:

9780674038097

0674038096

OCLC:

1032676535