| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 380 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
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 |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-361) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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In English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Massachusetts. Metropolitan District Commission -- Trials, litigation, etc
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Massachusetts Water Resources Authority -- History
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Massachusetts. Metropolitan District Commission fast |
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Massachusetts Water Resources Authority fast |
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Marine pollution -- Law and legislation -- Massachusetts -- Boston Harbor
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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LAW -- Environmental.
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Marine pollution -- Law and legislation
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Quincy (Mass.) -- Trials, litigation, etc
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Massachusetts -- Boston Harbor
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Massachusetts -- Quincy
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Trial and arbitral proceedings
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History
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Trials, litigation, etc.
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Trial and arbitral proceedings.
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Comptes rendus de procès et d'arbitrage.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780674038097 |
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0674038096 |
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