The World Trade Organization (WTO) system of ‘prospective' or ‘forward-looking' remedies is often contrasted negatively with the ‘retrospective' remedy of reparation traditionally granted by international courts. In this article, I argue that prospective remedies must be assessed having in...

In submitting disputes over environmental harms to an international court or tribunal, the parties to the conflict seek a workable remedy for the issue(s) that triggered the action. Environmental disputes are a relatively recent class of cases that have been litigated in international courts....