表見代理者,乃謂在特定情況產生時使本人對善意信賴之第三人負授權人責任之規定,民法對於其之相關規定分散於第一零七條及第一六九條,其類型分別為代理權之限制及撤回、表示授權與容忍授權,惟實務對於此三種類型之適用時機與學說略有不同之處,故本文將就整理實務運作之類型與學說演進之軌跡出發,輔以比較法上之啟發,嘗試調整架構表見代理三種類型之適用時機與浮動歸責。
Apparent Agency refers to a situation where a principal's conduct invites a third party to reasonably believe that the agent has authority to act on its behalf. In Taiwanese law, Apprent Agency system is regulated in Article 107 and Article 169 of Civil Code. There are three types : the first is that the limitation or withdrawal of the delegated power shall not be a valid defense against any bona fide third party. The second is that principal acts represents he has conferred the authority of agency to another person. The last one is that a person knows that another person declares himself to be his agent and failed to express a contrary intent. The application of these three types are different between the practical decisions and academic theory. This article analyses court verdicts and academic theory in the inspiration of comparative law, in order to reconstruct a new perspective in typology of apparent agency.