A Defence of Usury : Shewing the Impolicy of the Present Legal Restraints on the Terms of Pecuniary Bargains, in a Series of Letters to a Friend (Paperback)

Letters: 1. Introduction; Letter 2. Reasons for restraint ? prevention of usury; Letter 3. Reasons for restraint ? prevention of prodigality; Letter 4. Reasons for restraint ? prevention of indigence; Letter 5. Reasons for restraint ? protection of simplicity; Letter 6. Mischiefs of the anti-usurious laws; Letter 7. Efficacy of anti-usurious laws; Letter 8. Virtual usury allowed; Letter 9. Blackstone considered; Letter 10. Grounds of the prejudices against usury; Letter 11. Compound interest; Letter 12. Maintenance and champerty; Letter 13. To Dr Smith, on projects in arts, &c.