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Title

Vertical coordination via contract farming [by] Marshall Harris and Dean T. Massey.

Author

Harris, Marshall, 1903-1976.

Publication

Washington, Natural Resource Economics Division, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off. [1968]

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Additional Authors

• Massey, Dean T.
• Massey, Dean T.,

Description

v, 101 p.; 26 cm.

Series Statement

[United States. Dept. of Agriculture] Miscellaneous publication no. 1073

Uniform Title

Miscellaneous publication (United States. Department of Agriculture) no. 1073.

Subject

• Agricultural contracts > United States
• Agriculture > Economic aspects > United States
• Contracts, Agricultural
• Vertical integration > United States
• vertical integration

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliographical footnotes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Chapter 1. Introduction -- Contract farming. pp. 1.
• Chapter 2. Content of contracts : General provisions -- Farm and nonfarm inputs -- The production process -- Marketing phase -- Contract enforcement. pp. 4.
• Chapter 3. Introduction to legal problems in vertical coordination contracts : Interpretation and construction of contracts -- Effects of prior or contemporaneous agreements -- Subsequent modification of a written contract. pp. 12.
• Chapter 4. Relationships and responsibilities : Partnership and joint venture -- Agents, employees, and independent contractors -- Significance of the various relationships. pp. 19.
• Chapter 5. Warranties : Express warranties -- Implied warranties -- Disclaimer of warranties. pp. 23.
• Chapter 6. Risk of loss of contract goods : The Uniform Commercial Code -- The Uniform Sales Act. pp. 29.
• Chapter 7. Impossibility of performance : Destruction of specific contract goods, failure of presupposed contract goods -- Failure of presupposed conditions -- Agreement between the parties. pp. 37.
• Chapter 8. Breach of contract : Self-help -- Compensatory damages -- Restitution -- Specific performance. pp. 41.
• Chapter 9. Security interests : The nature of a security interest -- Making a binding agreement between the parties -- Giving of value by the secured party -- Acquiring rights in the collateral -- Types of consensual security interests -- Rights of the parties -- Perfecting the security interest -- Accessions, processed goods, and fixtures. pp. 54.
• Chapter 10. Bailments : Rights and duties -- Bailments and the Uniform Commercial Code. pp. 70.
• Chapter 11. Classification of vertical coordination contracts : Initial classification system -- Degree of transfer of entrepreneurship -- Critique and revision of classification system. pp. 74.
• Appendix: Preparing the contracts for analysis. pp. 100.
• Appendix: Culling data from the contracts. pp. 100.
• Appendix: Arrangement of data. pp. 101.

LCCN

agr68000152^//r852

OCLC

55050

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