Evolution of the role of seconds in the codes of honour by Wladyslaw Boziewicz 1919-1927

This article is devoted to the key persons in honour proceedings - the seconds, who were also called deputies of honour. Through a comparative analysis of Władysław Boziewicz's codes of honour, the Polish Code of Honour (1919) and the General Principles of Honourable Conduct (1927), a reconstruction will be made of the normativity of the role of seconds contained in them. This will make it possible to trace the direction of changes in Boziewicz's reflection on the essence of the course of honour proceedings, which is contained in his codifications. Thus, one of the points of his social criticism directed against the practice of honour proceedings will be revealed. The study will reveal how, in Boziewicz's reflection on honour proceedings, the role of autonomous moral reflection of honour deputies and the ethical community they represent has increased in relation to the will of their principals.