Abstract
Sundays are special. The right to trade on a Sunday was a high-profile issue fought over the long term at many different levels by two main interest groups, one lobbying for deregulation and the other campaigning for a day of rest and religion. This chapter examines the effectiveness of lobbyists campaigning for both sides. Before 1994, Sunday trading laws were embodied in the Sunday Fairs Act of 1448 and the Sunday Observance Acts of 1627 and 1677. These Acts were updated by the Acts of 1911, 1928 and 1936, which in turn were consolidated as a ‘temporary measure’ in the Shops Act 1950.
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John, S. (2002). Church Bells versus Shop Tills: The Campaign For and Against Sunday Trading. In: The Persuaders. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403907417_4
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