Not exact matches
The exemption of credit from such royal Clean Slate proclamations shows a policy distinction
between productive and unproductive credit — the contrast that medieval Church Fathers would draw
between interest and
usury.
This was the contrast that medieval Schoolmen later would draw
between interest and
usury.
Since such sales, halfway
between a legitimate sale and forbidden
usury, fell within a doubtful and suspect area of business activity, tradition rightly forbids them under the legislation of the Qur» an which recommends that we abstain from any action when in doubt.
There is an apparent «gap»
between usury laws embedded in federal Criminal Code legislation and existing consumer protection laws, both federal and provincial.