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Courts consider legal principles and policies underlying previous court decisions or existing statutes, fairness, social values and customs, public policy and data, and concepts drawn from the social sciences when deciding:
 
  a. Stare decisis cases
  b. Cases of first impression
  c. Cases of import
  d. Cases of precedent

Question 2

Developments in technology often outpace the law, resulting in cases for which there is no precedent. Such cases are referred to as:
 
  a. Cases of first impression
  b. Public policy cases
  c. Stare decisis
  d. Departures from precedent
  e. None of these choices are correct



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

A



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