The Act of Incest: Who made it a crime?
Does Incest have to be wrong because the Law says so? We may have come across this issue of Incest being a crime or not, and you do not know what it entails. You've probably sought answers and haven't found. This article seeks to inform you about all that there is to know about Incest as a crime, what Nigerian law and other foreign laws say about it, and why it should be prohibited or not. What is Incest? According to the Eighth Edition of the Black's Law Dictionary, page 776, "Incest Is the sexual relationship between family members or close relatives, including children related by adoption(ie. through consanguinity or affinity). The Online Webster Dictionary defines Incest as "sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that they are forbidden by law to marry". Collins English Dictio...