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CONTRACTS: Emergency Orders and Delayed/Excused Action

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

2d 342, 345 (2004); see also Restatement (Second) of Contracts ยง 264 (1981). 2002) (performance excused until it becomes possible to perform rather than excusing performance entirely). [while] [o]ther courts simply conclude that the duty to perform is excused or discharged because performance would violate public policy."

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The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It had been happening for decades (" Having a Longer View on Downtown Living ," Eugenie Birch, University of Pennsylvania, 2002; Get Urban!: Unkempt areas aren't places where people want to live (" Updating the post The "soft side" of commercial district revitalization ," 2006/2016). Center cities can be pretty dirty.