Bluelaws,alsoknownasSundaylaws,arelawsdesignedtorestrictorbansomeorallSundayactivitiesforreligiousorsecularreasons,particularlytopromotetheobservanceofadayofworshiporrest.Bluelawsmayalsorestrictshoppingorbansaleofcertainitemsonspecificdays,mostoftenonSundaysinthewesternworld.BluelawsareenforcedinpartsoftheUnitedStatesandCanadaaswellassomeEuropeancountries,particularlyinAustria,Germany,Switzerland,andNorway,keepingmoststoresclosedonSundays.
IntheUnitedStates,theU.S.SupremeCourthasheldbluelawsasconstitutionalnumeroustimes,citingsecularbasessuchassecuringadayofrestformailcarriers,aswellasprotectingworkersandfamilies,inturncontributingtosocietalstabilityandguaranteeingthefreeexerciseofreligion.Theoriginofthebluelawsalsopartiallystemsfromreligion,particularlytheprohibitionofSabbathdesecrationinChristianChurchesfollowingthefirst-daySabbatariantradition.Bothlabourunionsandtradeassociationshavehistoricallysupportedthelegislationofbluelaws.MostbluelawshavebeenrepealedintheUnitedStates,althoughsomestatesbanthesaleofalcoholicbeveragesonSundaysandmanystatesbansellingcarsonSundays.
例句1
安息日仅仅是整个社会必须“停摆”的一天，以确保（透过“蓝色法”立法）所有的人都参加公众敬拜。
TheSabbathismerelythedaywhenallofsocietymust“shutdown”inordertoensure(bymeansof“bluelaw”legislation)thatpublicworshipisattendedbyall.
例句2
规定一定类型的合同是非法的一些常见的制定法有高利贷法、主日歇业法或蓝色法。
SomecommonexampleofstatutesdeclaringcertaintypesofcontractsillegalareusurylawsandSundayclosinglaworbluelaws.
例句3
蓝色法：星期日活动的法律，如管制零售店售卖活动的法律。
Bluelaw:alawdesignedtoregulateSundayactivitiessuchasshoppinginretailstores.