3. Coping with Complexities: Signing On as Special Master

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Map of Boston Harbor xiii
6. Introduction: Troubled Waters 1
7. 1. The Harbor in the National Political Campaign: George H.W. Bush’s Landing 9
8. 2. Under the Judicial Lens: The Quincy Case Is Launched 20
9. 3. Coping with Complexities: Signing On as Special Master 36
10. 4. The Setting: The Plants, Pipes, and Pumps of Boston Harbor 48
11. 5. The Cast of Characters: Officials and Fish 64
12. 6. Turning the Tide: Creating a Novel Trial Process 79
13. 7. A Dying Harbor? The Battle of the Experts 100
14. 8. Report of the Special Master: Findings of Fact 115
15. 9. Report of the Special Master: Remedies and Recommendations 134
16. 10. The Judge Lays Down the Law: The Procedural Order for the Rehabilitation of the Harbor 154
17. 11. Awash with Ideas: A New Authority for Governing the Harbor 170
18. 12. Safe Harbor: Paying for the Vision 202
19. 13. Parting of theWaters: The Showdown between Court and Legislature 218
20. 14. The Commons Restored: Courts and Social Change 247
21. 15. The Call of the Bugler: Tools and Tactics of Effective Judicial Intervention 266
22. Conclusion: The High Tide of Judicial Action 290
23. Postscript: Boston Harbor Today 298
24. Timeline of the Quincy Case 307
25. Summary of Recommendations 311
26. Notes 315
27. Acknowledgments 363
28. Index 365