Compelled Apologies as a Legal Remedy: Some Thoughts from a Civil Law Jurisdiction
23 Pages Posted: 7 Feb 2015
Date Written: October 1, 2014
Abstract
This article examines the question whether civil claimants could be legally entitled to receive apologies from the perspective of a civil law jurisdiction, taking the Netherlands as an example.
Keywords: Apology, legal remedy, civil law, compelled apologies, court-ordered apologies, amende honorable, tort, personal injury, remedies, non-pecuniary interests, freedom of expression, therapeutic jurisprudence
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Zwart-Hink, Andrea and Akkermans, Arno and Wees, Kiliaan van, Compelled Apologies as a Legal Remedy: Some Thoughts from a Civil Law Jurisdiction (October 1, 2014). University of Western Australia Law Review, Vol. 38, No. 1, 2014, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2560957
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