从上岛咖啡储值卡纠纷看特许人的替代责任

On the Franchisor's Vicarious Liability—from the Perspective of UCC Stored-Value Card Disputes

在现代社会分工中,为他人承担责任并非例外的责任形态,其具有一般性和普遍性,我国《侵权责任法》在规定替代责任时,采用了个别列举的方法,这就有可能产生大量的法律漏洞。在特许经营关系中,特许人会对被特许人的经营行为实施一定程度的控制,在被特许人造成他人损害时,法律没有对特许人的责任作出规定,属于法律漏洞,可以类推适用替代责任的相关规定来确定特许人的责任。

In modem social division of labor, Vicarious Liability is a common form of liability rather than an exceptional form. Vicarious Liability is an exceptional form of liability in Our Tort Li- ability Law, this may results in many legal loopholes; in the franchise relationship, the franchisor may implement some extent of control over the operation of the franchisee, when the franchisee cause some harm to someone else, there lacks explicit provisions to determine the liability of the fran- chisor, this is a legal loophole, it may be possible to apply the provisions of Vicarious Liability by analogy to determine the franchisor＇s liability.