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RECORD NUMBER: 1641 OF 2856Main Title | Mastering Boston Harbor : courts, dolphins, and imperiled waters / | |||||||||||
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Author | Haar, Charles Monroe | |||||||||||
Publisher | Harvard University Press, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2005 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 56729702 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0674015282 (alk. paper) | |||||||||||
Subjects | Marine pollution--Law and legislation--Massachusetts--Boston Harbor ; Quincy (Mass)--Trials, litigation, etc | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Massachusetts--Metropolitan District Commission--Trials, litigation, etc ; Massachusetts Water Resources Authority--History | |||||||||||
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Collation | viii, 380 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. {315}-361) and index. |
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Contents Notes | Introduction: troubled waters -- The harbor in the national political campaign: George H.W. Bush's landing -- Under the judicial lens: the Quincy case is launched -- Coping complexities: signing on as a special master -- The setting: the plants, pipes, and pumps of Boston Harbor -- The cast of characters: officials and fish -- Turning the tide: creating a novel trial process -- A dying harbor? The battle of the experts -- Report of the special master: findings of fact -- Report of the special master: remedies and recommendations -- The judge lays down the law: the procedural order for the rehabilitation of the harbor -- Awash with ideas: a new authority for governing the harbor -- Safe harbor: paying for the vision -- Parting the waters: the showdown between court and legislature -- The commons restored: courts and social change -- The call of the bugler: tools and tactics of effective judicial intervention -- Conclusion: the high tide of judicial action -- Postscript: Boston Harbor today. |