Risarcimento in forma specifica del danno non patrimoniale e "public apologies"

The essay starts from a recent decision of the Belgian Cassation, to investigate the issue of judicially imposed apologies. If in some jurisdictions, especially civil law, the topic is almost unknown, in the perspective of comparative law it offers a remarkable series of ideas and applications. Having examined the hypothesis of the relief in kind of non pecuniary damages, as a possible reference in the italian jurisdiction, the limits of a mandatory injunction and the advantages of a more elastic modulation of the remedy are highlighted.