Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/266863 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Citation: 
[Journal:] Financial Internet Quarterly [ISSN:] 2719-3454 [Volume:] 17 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Sciendo [Place:] Warsaw [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 28-40
Publisher: 
Sciendo, Warsaw
Abstract: 
The thesis deals with usury and illegal lenders both on the domestic scene and abroad. The usury itself is defined by its characteristics, by adjudication and by historical connotations. The historical definition begins in Mesopotamia and ancient Rome, basically since the emergence of money. The aim of the paper is a comprehensive overview of usury, which from the legal perspective is not precisely defined as a term and the thesis tries to find such a definition with the help of case law and interpretation. The characteristics of usury that are described in the thesis are distress, the presence of a weaker party, mental weakness, and a gross disparity of performance. The thesis also describes the history of loan sharks and usury in the United States, where violence plays a considerable part in the issue. The paper also deals with the social background of usury and illegal lenders in the United Kingdom and outlines possible solutions to eradicate these phenomena in financially disadvantaged communities. In the end the thesis attempts to find unifying characteristics of usury across history and said countries.
Subjects: 
usury
adjudication
lending
interest rates
history
criminal offense
financial literacy
JEL: 
G53
K15
P37
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Document Type: 
Article

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