Defence of Usury

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, New Age, History, Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book Defence of Usury by Jeremy Bentham, Library of Alexandria
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Jeremy Bentham ISBN: 9781465502919
Publisher: Library of Alexandria Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Jeremy Bentham
ISBN: 9781465502919
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English
Crichoff, in White Russia, January 1787 Among The various species or modifications of liberty, of which on different occasions we have heard so much in England, I do not recollect ever seeing any thing yet offered in behalf of The liberty of making one’s own terms in money-bargains. From so general and universal a neglect, it is an old notion of mine, as you well know, that this meek and unassuming species of liberty has been suffering much injustice. A fancy has taken me, just now, to trouble you with my reasons: which, if you think Them capable of answering any good purpose, you may forward to The press: or in The Other case, what will give you less trouble, to The fire. in a word, The proposition I have been accustomed to lay down to myself on this subject is The following one, viz. that no man of ripe years and of sound mind, acting freely, and with his eyes open, ought to be hindered, with a view to his advantage, from making such bargain, in The way of obtaining money, as he thinks fit: nor, (what is a necessary consequence) any body hindered from supplying him, upon any terms he thinks proper to accede to. This proposition, were it to be received, would level, you see, at one stroke, all The barriers which law, eiTher statute or common, have in Their united wisdom set up, eiTher against The crying sin of Usury, or against The hard-named and little-heard-of practice of Champerty; to which we must also add a portion of The multifarious, and as little heard-of offence, of Maintenance.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Crichoff, in White Russia, January 1787 Among The various species or modifications of liberty, of which on different occasions we have heard so much in England, I do not recollect ever seeing any thing yet offered in behalf of The liberty of making one’s own terms in money-bargains. From so general and universal a neglect, it is an old notion of mine, as you well know, that this meek and unassuming species of liberty has been suffering much injustice. A fancy has taken me, just now, to trouble you with my reasons: which, if you think Them capable of answering any good purpose, you may forward to The press: or in The Other case, what will give you less trouble, to The fire. in a word, The proposition I have been accustomed to lay down to myself on this subject is The following one, viz. that no man of ripe years and of sound mind, acting freely, and with his eyes open, ought to be hindered, with a view to his advantage, from making such bargain, in The way of obtaining money, as he thinks fit: nor, (what is a necessary consequence) any body hindered from supplying him, upon any terms he thinks proper to accede to. This proposition, were it to be received, would level, you see, at one stroke, all The barriers which law, eiTher statute or common, have in Their united wisdom set up, eiTher against The crying sin of Usury, or against The hard-named and little-heard-of practice of Champerty; to which we must also add a portion of The multifarious, and as little heard-of offence, of Maintenance.

More books from Library of Alexandria

Cover of the book An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel William Frederick Cody) by Jeremy Bentham
Cover of the book The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life By Food, Clothes, Air, Exercise, Wine, Sleep, &c. and Peptic Precepts, Pointing Out Agreeable and Effectual Methods to Prevent and Relieve Indigestion by Jeremy Bentham
Cover of the book Relatorio de uma viagem ás terras do Changamira by Jeremy Bentham
Cover of the book The Carter Girls' Week-End Camp by Jeremy Bentham
Cover of the book Kaffir Folk-Lore: Selection from The Traditional Tales by Jeremy Bentham
Cover of the book George Washington: Life in America One Hundred Years Ago by Jeremy Bentham
Cover of the book The Martyrs of Science: The Lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler by Jeremy Bentham
Cover of the book The King of Pirates: Being an Account of the Famous Enterprises of Captain Avery, the Mock King of Madagascar by Jeremy Bentham
Cover of the book An Enemy to the King: From the Recently Discovered Memoirs of the Sieur de la Tournoire by Jeremy Bentham
Cover of the book Freher's Process in The Philosophical Work by Jeremy Bentham
Cover of the book The Impudent Comedian and Others by Jeremy Bentham
Cover of the book The Song of the Stone Wall by Jeremy Bentham
Cover of the book Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys by Jeremy Bentham
Cover of the book Hilaire Belloc: The Man and His Work by Jeremy Bentham
Cover of the book Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley: Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81 by Jeremy Bentham
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy