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In other words, problem questions require the exercise of independent judgment grounded in the application of general rules to specific fact situations.  \nCORE MATERIALS  \n1. Bryden, Kennedy et al, Public Law: Cases, Commentary, and Analysis, Fifth Edition (Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 2025) . [Referred to below as “Bryden”.]  \n[https://emond.ca/Store/Books/Public-Law-Cases-Commentary-and-Analysis-5th](https://emond.ca/Store/Books/Public-Law-Cases-Commentary-and-Analysis-5th)Ed?r=%2fStore%3fsearchtext%3dPublic%2blaw%26searchmode%3danyword  \n2. Prescribed cases that are not included in the Bryden text are available free of charge from CanLII: [www.canlii.ca/](www.canlii.ca/)  \n3. Prescribed articles that are not included in the Bryden text are available online free of charge (website address is specified) .  \nSUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS  \nFor those interested in reading further on these topics, you may wish to consult the following list of sources, available at most Canadian law libraries:  \nGerald Heckman. “International Human Rights Norms and the Substantive Review of Administrative Decision-Making” (Chapter 14 of Flood and Daly, eds. , Administrative Law in Context, 4th Edition, Emond Montgomery 2021)  \nEisenberg, M. , The Nature of the Common Law, (Cambridge, Mass: HUP, 1991)  \nFairlie, John, Introduction to Law in Canada, 3rd ed. (Toronto: Emond, 2023)  \nForcese, Craig & Aaron Freeman. The Laws of Government: The Legal Foundations of Canadian Democracy, 2nd Edition (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2011) .  \nForsey, Eugene A. How Canadians Govern Themselves, 10th ed. 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