Substantive law

Substantive law is the sum of the legal standards that govern the formation, alteration and destruction of rights. The counterpart to the substantive law is the formal law, whose provisions relate in particular to the judicial determination ( Litigation ) and enforcement of substantive law. In part, hence the term pair vs. substantive law. Litigation used. For formal law in this sense, therefore, in Germany for example, the Code of Civil Procedure, the foreclosure law and the Bankruptcy Act include civil procedure law, the foreclosure law and the law of bankruptcy.

Example: If you buy a car, creates a substantive legal obligation to pay the price. If you later sued in court because you have not paid, regulates the formal right to the end of the process by which the seller's purchase price enforce tried.

However, the formal law also includes well except judicial procedures and competency standards.

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