As a rule, the enforcement of substantive law is attributed to procedural law. In addition to this, however, the substantive law itself provides a number of possibilities in order to facilitate the enforcement of rights. Two demonstrative, classic instruments are penalty clauses and the right of set-off. This volume undertakes a collective comparative analysis of both legal institutions.

As a rule, the enforcement of substantive law is attributed to procedural law, which ultimately envisages the imposition of state power through steps of enforcement. In addition to this, however, the substantive law itself provides a number of possibilities in order to facilitate the enforcement of rights or, at least, to have formative influence on those rights. Two demonstrative, classic instruments are penalty clauses and the right of set-off (or functional equivalents). A collective comparative analysis of both legal institutions aims to achieve the goal of placing them in their wider context, with reference to the relevant historical development and their relationship with procedural law.

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Martin Gebauer/Stefan Huber: Einführung - Jonas Knetsch: Vertragsstrafe und Aufrechnung im französischen Recht - Helge Dedek: Rechtsdurchsetzung durch Vertragsstrafe und Aufrechnung im Common Law - Han Shiyuan/Knut Benjamin Pißler: Materielle Gestaltungsmacht in der Rechtsdurchsetzung in der Volksrepublik China. Aufrechnung und Vertragsstrafen - Piotr Tereszkiewicz: Aufrechnung und Vertragsstrafe im polnischen Recht - Matthias Weller: Materielle Gestaltungsmacht in der Rechtsdurchsetzung: Aufrechnung und Vertragsstrafe - Deutsches Recht - Anhang: Martin Gebauer/Stefan Huber/Karin Arnold/Gabriel Lipps: Orientierungsfragen