Prior Cases Whose Principles Are Used by Judges to Decide

question 2

Multiple Choice

Prior cases whose principles are used by judges to decide current cases are called ________.

• A) public law
• B) en blanc decisions
• C) precedents
• D) common law
• E) ex post facto cases

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Definitions:

Social Contagion

Refers to the spread of behaviors, attitudes, and affect through crowds and social networks.

Projective Identification

A psychological concept where individuals project their own emotions or desires onto others, who then may internalize and exhibit those projected feelings or behaviors.

Affect

A psychological term referring to the experience of feeling or emotion.

Social Contagion

The spread of behaviors, attitudes, or emotions through groups of people, as if contagious, often studied in the context of crowd behavior, rumors, or health behaviors.