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itwasunderlinedthattheprocedureistobeappliedonlybyanalogyandthatthe
correctionisefectiveexclusivelyforthefuture.Animportantnoveltyconsisted
intheSC’sobservationthat,inexceptionalcases,thechangeoflegalsexcould
beefectedwithoutaformersurgicalintervention,providedthattheactualsex
identityofthepersoninquestionispermanentandirreversible.
Asfarasthelowercourts’practiceisconcerned,the1978SCjudgmentpaved
thewaytothecorrectionoflegalsexinagrowingnumberofcases.Whatismore,
theexceptionenvisagedbytheSC-concerningthelackofadaptationsurgery
-did,infact,becomearule.Thisapproach,whileacceptedbypsychiatristsand
sexologists,whounderlinedthetherapeuticefectofthejudicialchangeofsexon
theirpatients,wassometimescriticizedbythelegaldoctrine.19
Anunexpectedhaltinthedevelopmentofthejurisprudenceconcerning
transpersonstookplaceanotherdecadelater.InitsjudgmentofJune22,1989,20
theSCproclaimed(solemnly)thattranssexualismisnotavalidreasontocorrect
thedesignationofsexinthebirthactoftheinterestedperson.Thefactthatthe
originalcivilstatusactshowedthebiologicalsexofachildinaproperway
(i.e.inaccordancewithexternalsexfeatures)precludedthepossibilitytouse
thecorrectionprocedures.Thelattershouldbereservedonlyforcasesinwhich
thecivilstatusactwasfaultyabinitio.Thejudgmentwashandeddownbythe
extendedpanelof7judgesanditwasomciallydeclaredtobea4legalrule’of
theSC.Suchrulesareenteredintoaspecialregisterandtheymustbefollowed
inthefuturebyother(regular)panelsoftheSC.Indeed,therestrictiveview
takenintheyear1989wassoonreiteratedinanextrulingoftheSCdated
May8,1992.21
5.3.Anewconcept–thewritforrecognition
Thefearsthatthejudicialchangeofsexwillnotbepossibleanymore
weredispelledinanotherjudgmentoftheSC,whichwashandeddownon
March22,1991.22Importantly,though,thisrulingadoptedacompletelynew
approachwithrespecttothesituationoftranspersons.Withoutchallenging
thelegalruleestablishedin1989,concerningtheinapplicabilityofthecivil
statusactcorrectionprocedures,theSCindicatedanalternativewayforthe
changeoflegalsex.Thesenseofsexidentityofanindividualwasdeclaredone
ofthe4personalgoods’-aspeciallegalcategorythatisprotectedbythelaw.
SomeofthesepersonalgoodsarelisteddirectlyinArt.23ofthePolishCivil
19SeeauthorscitedbyJ.Ostojska,op.cit.,pp.104-107.
20IIICZP37/89.
21IIICZP40/92.
22IIICRN28/91.