QUESTION 33 The contributory negligence defense allows a defendant to?prevent the judge from applying ratio decidendi. absolutely bar a plaintiff from recovery, if the plaintiff contributed to his/her own injury disqualify a plaintiff from petitioning for a writ of ceriorarirequest for rescission as reduce damages awarded a plaintiff who has played a role in causing his/her injury legal remedy QUESTION 34 The courts have generally defined just compensation in terms ofthe need of a specific resource to the public.the duration taken to settle a resource ownership dispute by due process of lawmarket value of a specific resource the number of years a specific resource is in possession of a private party social welfare value of a specific resource QUESTION 35 The final step to a successful mediation is