The Parliamentary Debates Volume 84.cGreat Britain Parliament
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...as lending on note of hand would not be done; it would be looked upon as far too dangerous. The hon. Member spoke of the rate of interest of 20 or 25 per cent, as nett. It is nothing of the kind. It is saddled with all the expenses of inquiry and with bad debts, . Do not let anyone run away with the idea that the moneylenders are all rogues and the borrowers all honest men. My experience leads me to the opposite conclusion. No protection or assistance is given to money-lenders when they are cheated, as has been shown already. There is no necessity for protecting theborrower; even a black-mailing Bill would not protect him from that. But let us take another point. A man's business must be that of money-lending if he is to come within the compass of the Bill; but what about the tailors? How are those young men, who run into debt with their tailors, to be protected from extortion; and, if not, why not 1 Does anyone suppose that money-lenders would not start tailoring or other similar businesses with the view of keeping their money-lending transactions outside this Bill 1 Of course not. As to the power of revising contracts, the objection is not that any particular judge is not likely to do his duty, but that each would be free to develop his idiosyncrasies, and youmight havecases of gross injustice. One case might be dealt with from one point of view one month, and another from another point of view next week. Already divergencies in criminal cases are sufficiently large according to the different idiosyncrasies of the different judges. One Judge will send a man to fourteen days imprisonment for half killing his wife, and another Judge would send a wretch to a year's imprisonment for a petty larceny. One Judge, starting with the presumption that 5 per cent, is ..
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Author: Great Britain Parliament
Number of Pages: 680 pages
Published Date: 01 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781231042755
File Name: The.Parliamentary.Debates.Volume.84.pdf
Download Link: The Parliamentary Debates Volume 84
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Author: Great Britain Parliament
Number of Pages: 680 pages
Published Date: 01 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781231042755
File Name: The.Parliamentary.Debates.Volume.84.pdf
Download Link: The Parliamentary Debates Volume 84
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...as lending on note of hand would not be done; it would be looked upon as far too dangerous. The hon. Member spoke of the rate of interest of 20 or 25 per cent, as nett. It is nothing of the kind. It is saddled with all the expenses of inquiry and with bad debts, . Do not let anyone run away with the idea that the moneylenders are all rogues and the borrowers all honest men. My experience leads me to the opposite conclusion. No protection or assistance is given to money-lenders when they are cheated, as has been shown already. There is no necessity for protecting theborrower; even a black-mailing Bill would not protect him from that. But let us take another point. A man's business must be that of money-lending if he is to come within the compass of the Bill; but what about the tailors? How are those young men, who run into debt with their tailors, to be protected from extortion; and, if not, why not 1 Does anyone suppose that money-lenders would not start tailoring or other similar businesses with the view of keeping their money-lending transactions outside this Bill 1 Of course not. As to the power of revising contracts, the objection is not that any particular judge is not likely to do his duty, but that each would be free to develop his idiosyncrasies, and youmight havecases of gross injustice. One case might be dealt with from one point of view one month, and another from another point of view next week. Already divergencies in criminal cases are sufficiently large according to the different idiosyncrasies of the different judges. One Judge will send a man to fourteen days imprisonment for half killing his wife, and another Judge would send a wretch to a year's imprisonment for a petty larceny. One Judge, starting with the presumption that 5 per cent, is ..
Read online The Parliamentary Debates Volume 84 Buy The Parliamentary Debates Volume 84 Download The Parliamentary Debates Volume 84 ebook, pdf, djvu, epub, mobi, fb2, zip, rar, torrent Download to iPad/iPhone/iOS, B&N nook The Parliamentary Debates Volume 84