회사의 법인격부인론에 대한 소고

In modern society, companies play an important role of supporting the national economy. On the other hand, companies abuse their independent legal personality for illegal purposes. Most countries, including the United States, Germany, and Japan, have adopted the piercing the corporate veil and are solving problems caused by the abuse of corporate personality and limited shareholder liability. Since piercing the corporate veil was first recognized in Korea in 1988, there have been conflicting views on it in detail, but generally agree on its inevitability or usefulness. The view advocated by many scholars is merely a typology of precedents and cannot be regarded as a uniform application requirement. Other views do not provide satisfactory solutions. The doctrine is a product of the Anglo-American equity law, which inevitably recognizes an exception to the principle of separation of legal personality for a reasonable resolution in individual cases. Attempts to derive general legal requirements are unlikely to succeed. In other words, it would be possible to classify and organize cases of application of precedents, but it is practically impossible to systematize them as general application requirements or to stipulate them as laws. However, it is necessary to pay attention to the development of theories and precedents in other countries. Although our court basically distinguish between the skeletonizing and the abuse of legal personality, It has been criticized for lack of specificity and systematization of types and requirements. In addition, by excluding the subjective requirement from the doctrine, creditors must be protected regardless of whether the controlling shareholder intends to abuse it.