You may be a little confused. Civil law can be both substantive and procedural. The substance refers to what the statute or regulation actually says. Procedure refers to the rules set out by the...
Procedural laws. Evidentiary laws. Conflict of Law (regarding jurisdiction) rules. But these can become substantive in that they might have a definitive bearing on the outcome.
Substantive law is the statutory or written law that governs rights and obligations of those who are subject to it. Substantive law defines the legal relationship of people with other people or...