In my article, I formulate and describe the demand to remove the term obyczajność (propriety) from the Penal Code. In the course of the analysis, I will attempt to prove that its presence in the Act is an example of cultivating a terminological tradition that dates back to the partitions period and was started for a reason that is currently outdated – the general language was insufficient to describe sexual crimes. I also show that due to the discrepancy between the general and legal language, the use of the term obyczajność may mislead a non-professional interpreter of a legal text. The text concludes with a more precise description of the titular demand, i.e. a proposal to change the title of Chapter 25 of the Penal Code.
Since the eighteenth-century, painting and harmony have regularly been celebrated by criticism in Racine’s verses. With the decline of rhetoric, the sedimentation of literature has quickly covered what depended on art of speech. The subversion of rhetoric, in Britannicus’ hypotyposis, could have contributed to this phenomena. As a bad orator, Nero looks at Junie with a careless look. Judicium can be outflanked by ingenium: paying no attention to the natural signs of the èthos, Nero adopts sophistry and her charms.
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Depuis le XVIIIe siècle, la critique a souvent célébré la peinture et l’harmonie dans les vers de Racine. Les sédiments de la littérature, avec le déclin de la rhétorique, ont vite recouvert ce qui dépendait de l’art de parler. La subversion de la rhétorique, dans l’hypotypose de Britannicus, a pu contribuer à ce phénomène. En mauvais orateur, Néron porte sur Junie un regard sans attention. Le iudicium se laisse déborder par l’ingenium : négligeant les signes d’un èthos naturel et modeste, Néron adopte la sophistique et ses charmes.
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