MOSTAJO, LIANE HILARY GALE N.
Philosophy of Law
SETTLEMENT: Issue 1 (Dorian Wrasse)
AMALEA
1. Amalea will ask Ritania to only pay for the
one-year commercial loss brought by the
destruction of the breeding of Dorian
wrasse, or at least until sufficient amount
were restored or reproduced from the new
breeding that Ritania will financially
provide.
2. If Ritania will provide for aquaculture
expenses, Amalea will answer for the
assessment fees covering: a) development
application fee by referral agency which will
cost approximately USD 2,000; b) resource
allocation authority assessment fees which
will cost about USD 1,500; and c) general
fisheries permit which will cost not more
than USD 280.
3. If Ritania would agree to provide for the
financial aspect with respect to the
breeding of Dorian wrasse near the
Amalean coast, Amalea is willing to take
charge of the execution of the plans for
breeding, including the monitoring, feeding
and catch/harvesting, as well as wages for
its employees. Amalea would also be the
one to pay for researchers/scientists that
would help in determining the most rapid
and feasible way for the reproduction of
Dorian wrasse.
RITANIA
1. Ritania will pay for the one-year
commercial loss due the Dorian wrasse---
amounting to not more than USD 250
million, while it is still in the process of
developing a new breeding ground near
the Amalean coast, to which Ritania will
also assist financially. This offer would be
enough since after the new breeds of the
Dorian wrasse were harvested/ collected,
it will provide Amalea a greater growth on
its fishing industry. The value of
aquaculture production in the U.S., for
example, exceeds USD 1.13 billion per
year which is more than the enough to
cover for the previous loss.
2. While in the process of developing new
breeding ground for the Dorian wrasse,
half of the 250,000 employees of
Amalea’s fishing industry who had lost
their job due to the suspension of Dorian
wrasse catch will be appropriated for the
breeding while the other half would be
temporarily hired by Ritania for other
works since Ritania is already a developed
industrialized country. In lieu of this,
Ritania will also provide for their training
since most of them are probably trained
only for fishing.
3. Ritania will look for alternative or
substitute marine fish that would replace
the Dorian wrasse, without sacrificing the
taste, nutritional value and cooking
characteristics that satisfies both
Amaleans’ diet, as well as the taste sought
for by the diners of big star restaurants
from around the world which imports
Dorian wrasse. Since the Dorian wrasse is
typically consumed only on special
occasions, Amalea may issue an order to
temporary restrain their people from
harvesting the fish, just until the new
breeding ground is developed.
 SETTLEMENT: Issue 2 (Cargast)
AMALEA
1. Since Ritania is only after the Sacred
Coronet and other artifacts allegedly
plundered from their capital—Helios,
Amalea is willing to return those specific
items only provided that Ritania would pay
half the costs of the salvage of the Cargast
including their contract with Milo Belleza, as
well as the diving equipment used for the
salvage since it also Ritania in the actual
recovery of the Coronet and other artifacts
precious to them.
2. Amalea is willing to hand-over all the items
recovered from the Cargast to any
international museum, upon Ritania’s
agreement so that it would be for the
benefit of mankind as a whole and that
neither Amalea nor Ritania would have to
pay for its maintenance.
3. Amalea would ask Ritania to sign an
agreement in regard to sending of patrol
vessels within Amalea’s uncontested EEZ.
According to the agreement, Amalea would
sanction Ritania and its navy patrol vessel
the next time it abridges their agreement.
But as provided also in the agreement,
Ritania may still be allowed to navigate their
vessels within the area for as long as it will
first secure a permit from Amalea, enclosed
with a valid reason for passage.
RITANIA
1. Ritania is willing to hire, at their own
expense, an “inspector/authenticator” of
cultural heritage to assure that some of
the items recovered contained in the
Cargast actually belong to them and if it
was certified, they would ask Amalea for
the return of only the Sacred Coronet as
well as other artifacts believed to be
theirs.
2. Ritania will pay for all the expenses used
for the salvage of the Cargast as well as
the return/transfer of the Coronet and
other artifacts. The value of the Coronet
to Ritania is more than the cost of its
recovery.
3. To serve fairness, Ritania is willing to place
the objects recovered from the Cargast to
an international museum, provided that
Amalea would do the same, if it would be
hard to prove to whom the items really
belong because of its more than a century
semblance.
 SETTLEMENT: Issue 3 (Oscar de Luz’s Arrest)
AMALEA
1. Amalea will pay for the damages on
Ritanian-flagged yacht (Daedalus) caused by
the pursuit of their authorities on arresting
Luz. Though Icarus also suffered damages
from the pursuit but the Daedalus is the
one that was seriously damaged as it sank
right after the collision.
2. Amalea will sanction the captain of Icarus
for its negligence with respect to the pursuit
of Luz and the serious damage towards the
Daedalus.
3. Amealan government would issue a public
apology, admitting the pursuit as violative of
the international law provided that Ritania
will not file any charges or complaint against
their authorities.
SETTLEMENT: Issue 4 (Jurisdiction over Oscar de Luz)
AMALEA
RITANIA
1. Ritania will sanction their own coast
guards for negligence with respect to their
inaction to pursue Luz when he entered
Ritania’s uncontested EEZ. If the coast
guards had acted immediately after orders
of Amalean authorities were sent through
several radio frequencies, nothing would
have prompted Amalea from crossing the
boundaries.
2. Ritania will allow Luz’s temporary
detention to Amalea provided that both
of the parties would lay down rules of
engagement with respect to arrest of a
fugitive being pursued by authorities of
another State/s.
3. Ritania will not file for criminal charges
concerning the illegal pursuit on Luz, but
will demand reparation from Amalea
concerning the serious damage towards
Ritanian-flagged yacht Daedalus.
RITANIA
1. Amalea will ask Ritania to adopt an
international law providing for the
prosecution of offenses committed outside
Ritania’s territorial waters to be assured
that Luz will be tried for his criminal act. If
under the adopted law, Luz must be
punished with death penalty, Amalea will
allow the punishment to be lowered into
life imprisonment.
2. Amalea is willing to repatriate Luz to Ritania
provided that Amalea has already adopted
an international law concerning the crime
charged against Luz, and provided that
Amalea would be allowed to send their own
counsel or prosecution team for the
observation of a fair trial.
3. Amalea would pay for the damages the
Rosehill caused the Excelsior Island and it
would also sanction the Rosehill captain,
the surviving crew, or at least its owner for
the negligence when it did not maintain a
proper look-out to avoid the risk of possible
collisions at sea.
1. Ritania will immediately adopt an
international law for the prosecution of
offenses committed outside their
territorial waters to provide assurance to
Ritania that Luz will not get away without
criminal or civil liability with regard to the
Rosehill collision.
2. If Ritania has already adopted an
international law specifically including
prosecution of offenses similar of the case
of Luz, and after Amalea has agreed for
Luz’s repatriation and his trial under
Ritanian court, Ritania will allow Amalea
to send their own counsel and witnesses
during the trial—free of travel expenses
funded by Ritanian government.
3. If ever Amalea will not agree for Luz’s trial
in Ritanian court because of the extent of
his criminal offense and because of the
nonexistence of penal laws for the
abovemention offense, Ritania will ask
Amalea to be allowed to send their own
counsel and witnesses to Amalea. This is
to assure that Luz will be given a fair trial.
If Luz be convicted and eventually
imprisoned, Amalea should allow Ritania
to send their own human rights
commission officer from time to time to
be secured against possible torture or
inhuman punishment posed against Luz.