编者提按：“债法改革”是二十几年来德国民法争论的焦点。随着《债法现代化法》的制定 和通过，《德国民法典》债权编在内容及体系上都发生了深刻的变化。这无疑是德国民法 发展上上一项重大的历史性事件。本文旨在对此次《债法现代化法》的背景和立法过程及 其主要内容做出介绍，并对其进行简要评述。 Editor’s note: “Reform of debt law” is the focus of German civil law debate in more than two decades. With the enactment and adoption of the Law on Debt Law Modernization, profound changes have taken place in the content and system of claims of the German Civil Code. This is undoubtedly a major historic event in the development of German civil law. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the background and legislative process of the “Debt Law Modernization Law” and its main contents, and give a brief comment on it.