Is Incest Next?

Authors

Brett H. McDonnell, University of Minnesota Law School

Abstract

The article examines whether the Supreme Court's decision in Lawrence v. Texas, which invalidated sodomy laws, might lead to the legalization of consensual adult incest. While the decision could theoretically create a precedent for challenging incest laws, the author argues that such an outcome is unlikely due to significant legal, social, and political differences between sodomy and incest.

Disciplines

Law | Law and Gender | Law and Politics | Sexuality and the Law

Recommended Citation

Brett H. McDonnell, Is Incest Next?, 10 Cardozo J. Equal Rts. & Soc. Just. 337 (2004).
Available at: https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cardozoersj/vol10/iss2/7