A Canadian Court Hearing a Disputed Matter Involving Parties to a Contract

Multiple Choice

A Canadian court hearing a disputed matter involving parties to a contract will rely on past decisions to determine a remedy for the dispute. Why is the court's reliance on past decisions considered to be an effective manner for it to determine an appropriate legal remedy?

A) Precedents support the parties' respective disputed positions.
B) Precedents are derived from statue laws that guide the court's deliberations.
C) Precedents contain legal principles determined from similar past litigation.
D) Precedents provide supporting evidence of applicable common law rules of contract.