略论债权平等原则

债权具有相容性和平等性,不仅在同一标的物上可以同时并存数个债权,而且数个债权人对同一债务人先后发生数个普通债权时,其效力一律平等,不因其成立先后而有效力上的优劣,是为债权平等原则.债权平等原则是体现民法上的平等原则和债之相对性原则的一项重要具体原则,为债权与物权区分说的基本构成要素之一.但在现代民法上,由于债权物权化趋势、优先权制度的设立以及协调公平与效益的法律价值冲突等因素,债权平等性原则正在被打破.即便如此,债权平等原则在债法领域的基础地位并未发生根本改变.

On the Equality of Creditor's Rights

It's regarded by most scholars that the rights of all creditors are coexistent and equal.Not only several creditor's rights are allowed to coordinate with each other,but the effectiveness of former and later formed creditor's rights are the same at any time.That is to say,whether they come into existence early or late have no influence on their effectiveness.Such is the principle of equality in creditor's rights.The equality of creditor's rights is one of vital concrete principals drives from the principle of equality in civil law and privity of creditor' rights,which is an essential difference between creditor's rights and real rights.Actually such principle is not absolutely performed.Because it's betrayed by extension of creditor's rights in rem,establishment of priority and coordination of conflicts between the values of civil law.And it must be clear that the equality of creditor's rights is still a fundamental principal in the domain of credit law.