Legal Nature of the Joint Venture Contract

This article analyzes the legal nature of the Joint Venture contract, highlighting its essential elements and characteristics. The Joint Venture is defined as an associative contract by which two or more persons associate to exploit a common business for a determined period of time, sharing profits...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Pastor Argumedo, Reynaldo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1985
País:Perú
Institución:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositorio:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/5887
Acceso en línea:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/derechopucp/article/view/5887
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Joint venture
associative contract
affectio societatis
plurality of subjects
profit motive
sui generis contract
joint venture management
grounds for dissolution
contrato asociativo
pluralidad de sujetos
fin de lucro
contrato sui generis
administración de joint venture
causales de disolución
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Sumario:This article analyzes the legal nature of the Joint Venture contract, highlighting its essential elements and characteristics. The Joint Venture is defined as an associative contract by which two or more persons associate to exploit a common business for a determined period of time, sharing profits and losses in a joint and unlimited manner. In addition, the elements that characterize it are addressed: the plurality of subjects, the affectio societatis, the profit motive, the participation in the losses and the personal nature of the associates. It is also emphasized that the contract has a plurilateral, commutative and successive tract nature, which leads to consider it as a sui generis contract. The author also discusses the administration, pointing out that all the partners participate in the control of the business, although there is the possibility of delegating the functions. Finally, the causes for dissolution of this contract are discussed, which include the end of the agreed term, the termination of the operation of the business, the death or incapacity of an associate, bankruptcy and the unlawfulness of the business.