가맹사업거래계약상 가맹본부의 제3자에 대한 책임법리와 소비자보호

Franchising is one of the most efficient ways to expand of business or to make a profit. Now the importance of the franchising is on the increase in Korea. Because of this situation and the increasing legal issues of Franchising, it is to conduct research about a legal relation not only between a franchisor and a operator/ franchisee but also between them and a third party, e. g. consumer. The first legal issue is concentrated in the relationship between the franchisor and the operator/franchisee - Information offering and nonperformance of obligation about the release of information - Termination of franchising contract and return of franchise deposit - One-sided modification of franchising contract and a cancellation of the modification - Refusal to renew a contract and a cancellation of the Refusal - Demand to franchising contract fulfillment - Unfair profits The second legal issue is concentrated by consumers. From the point of view of them, it is very important who is suing, if they are in legal trouble. Commonly the franchisor controls his operator/franchisee. Therefore, consumers often confuse contract opponent, properly speaking, the franchisee with the franchisor. For the solution to the second legal issue, this paper focuses on the sense of the control from franchisor and on the meaning of independence from the point of view of the operator/franchisee in the light of franchising contract responsibility. For that, this paper goes deep into existing theories and tries to find the resonable interpretational way. This paper is comprised of the research about a characteristics franchising contract, the research about the existing theories and the reviewal of the existing theories.