Preliminary Material / Ana Ubilava -- Copyright Page / Ana Ubilava -- Dedication / Ana Ubilava -- Foreword / Jaemin Lee -- Abbreviations / Ana Ubilava -- Chapter 1 Introduction / Ana Ubilava -- Chapter 2 Mediation to Address Drawbacks of Domestic and International Commercial Arbitration / Ana Ubilava -- Chapter 3 Mediation to Address Drawbacks of Arbitration in the Investor-State Dispute Settlement Regime / Ana Ubilava -- Chapter 4 Underutilisation of ADR in ISDS – A ‘Fork in the Road’? / Ana Ubilava -- Chapter 5 Empirical Analysis of the Validity of Arguments against Mandatory ISM / Ana Ubilava -- Chapter 6 General Conclusions and Recommendations / Ana Ubilava -- Annexes / Ana Ubilava -- Bibliography / Ana Ubilava -- Index / Ana Ubilava.

Mandatory investor-state mediation (ISM) as a pre-condition to arbitration is the way forward for rebalancing the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) regime and tackling its widely criticised shortcomings. Presenting a comprehensive doctrinal analysis of ISDS clauses of dozens of treaties, this book reveals that simply offering ISM in a voluntary format will not increase its utilisation. In this volume, Ana Ubilava further debunks four common arguments and misconceptions against mandatory ISM through an innovative empirical analysis of over 600 investor-state arbitration cases. She also offers recommendations for incorporating mandatory ISM in ISDS as a precondition to arbitration aimed at international policymakers.

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