10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «USURIOUSNESS»
Discover the use of
usuriousness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
usuriousness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Hedaya, Or Guide: a Commentary on the Mussulman Laws: ...
EVERY thing in which the usuriousness of an excess has been established by
the prophet on the ground of measurement of capacity, (such as 'TO/leaf, barley,
dater, and salt,) is for ever to be considered as of that nature, although mankind ...
'Abu-l-Hasan Burhan-al-din 'Ali ibn 'Abi Bakr al-Marginani, Charles Hamilton, Yahya Gulam, 1791
2
The Abuse of Casuistry: A History of Moral Reasoning
nomic inequalities: in the absence of exploitation they avoid the reproach of "
usuriousness." Thrifty investors were therefore judged against a different type
case or paradigm from those of usurious moneylenders; and the vice of profiting
from ...
3
Christian Antisemitism: A History of Hate
There were good reasons for these developments, other than the supposed
usuriousness of the lenders. Capital was in very short supply, driving the price up
. The risk was very high, especially for JeWish lenders, who were exceedingly ...
4
Applied Ethics: Critical Concepts in Philosophy
In commercial loans, the parties are typically free of grave social or economic
inequalities: in the absence of exploitation they avoid the reproach of "
usuriousness." Thrifty investors were therefore judged against a different type
case or ...
Ruth F. Chadwick, Doris Schroeder, 2002
5
Callaghan's Michigan civil jurisprudence
Pleading, evidence, and practice, below Expenses incident to loan, Usury § 3
Extension, usuriousness of, Usury § 19 Forfeiture, Usury § 36 Hidden or
disguised interest, Usury § 3 Holder in due course, availability of defense of
usury as ...
Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, Callaghan and Company, 2000
money is raised is disadvantageous to a degree of usuriousness much beyond
anything ever exemplified under that name; -_ the money being raised at an
interest of 300 per cent., payable for ever by the possessors of fixed incomes—
subject ...
7
The Enjoyments of Youth a Groundwork to the Comforts of Old ...
3. an entertaining but awful account of one AUDLEY, a puritan, whose
usuriousness produced him this large fortune. Page 232, line 7. To familiarise the
ears and eyes of the innocent part of the sex to the scenes which are often
exhibited in ...
8
An apology for lord Byron [in verse]. With miscellaneous poems
On worthless things, on wine or wantonness, Nor swell'd to wealth by vile
usuriousness — Not meanly buried from the light of day, Nor, cast to swine, as
basely fool'd away, But for his own and others' profit lent And us'd, according to
his Lord's ...
9
The Practice of the High Court of Chancery, Under the New ...
The former usually on questions arising respecting the alleged usuriousness of
contracts, where the facts are doubtful and disputed, and other subjects of similar
nature ; the latter in such cases as the validity or due execution of wills and ...
10
Death by Drama and Other Medieval Urban Legends
... the insidiously enduring stereotype that it perpetuates— the financially
rapacious Jew. In a manner worthy of the Merchant of Venice, the Sainte Hostie
connects dishonesty and faithlessness with Jewish usuriousness and economic
power.
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «USURIOUSNESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
usuriousness is used in the context of the following news items.
Second-hand anti-Semitism in a Muslim center in India
Hypocrisy, deceit, treachery, selfishness, cruelty and usuriousness had become the normal traits of their nature. In the Qur'an we find repeated references to the ... «San Diego Jewish World, Apr 14»
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis at Theater at Madison Square Garden
There is the song about rejecting the usuriousness of major labels, “Jimmy Iovine”; the song about the lies underpinning consumer culture, “Wing$”; the song ... «New York Times, Nov 13»
