This. Evidently the law is still on the books as of 2009.
http://www.lawserver.com/law/state/rhode-island/ri-laws/rhode_island_general_laws_15-1-4
Len Zanger
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From: "Douglas Laycock" <dlayc...@virginia.edu>
To: "Law & Religion issues for Law Academics" <religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 5:39:11 PM
Subject: RE: 1764 Rhode Island incest law exemption for uncle-niece marriages
among Jews
I once cited it as An Act Regulating Marriage and Divorce § 7 (1798), reprinted
in 2 The First Laws of the State of Rhode Island 481, 483 (1798) (John D.
Cushing ed., 1983).
I don’t know if the law was really 1798, or if an over eager editor took that
from the date of the compilation and also put it in as the date of the law.
Douglas Laycock
Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professor of Law
University of Virginia Law School
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[mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Volokh, Eugene
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 5:18 PM
To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics (religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu)
Subject: 1764 Rhode Island incest law exemption for uncle-niece marriages among
Jews
I’ve seen articles talking about a 1764 Rhode Island incest law exemption for
uncle-niece marriages among Jews, but now that I’m trying to find the actual
statute, I’m having a hard time. Does anyone happen to have a good citation for
it? Thanks,
Eugene
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