"Mastering Boston Harbor" 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.
Charles Haar provides a fascinating study of the convergence of
judicial supervision with political, environmental, financial, and
technological interests. He challenges those who will instantly
decry an "activist" judiciary and pulls back the curtain on the
serious problems a court faces when it must grapple with an
intractable problem affecting public interest. Haar demonstrates
that at times only a resolute judiciary can energize and coordinate
the branches of government to achieve essential contemporary social
goals--goals that are endorsed and supported by a majority whose
voice is often ignored in legislative and executive back rooms.
Because of his experience as special master in the dispute,
Haar provides the reader with an insider's view of a modern brand
of judicial decision-making that is not anti-majoritarian, and
could be applied to similar crises in which the legislative and
executive branches of government are impotent. Citizens concerned
about the conflict between unbridled economic liberty and
environmental protection will gain important insight from this
eyewitness account of how the "harbor of shame" became a vibrant
focal point for the renewal of Boston as a world-class city.
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