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Authored Books

Bano, Samia (2012) Muslim Women and Shari'ah Councils, Transcending the Boundaries of Community and Law. London: Palgrave MacMillan.

Edited Book or Journal Volume

Bano, Samia, ed. (2023) The Sharia Inquiry, Religious Practice and Muslim Family Law in Britain. London and New York: Routledge. (Islam in the World)

Bano, Samia, ed. (2017) Gender and Justice in Family Law Disputes: Women, Mediation, and Religious Arbitration. Hanover; London: Brandeis University Press.

Bano, Samia and Pierce, Jennifer L., eds. (2013) Personal Narratives, Social Justice and the Law. Dordrecht: Springer Nature, pp. 225-239. (Feminist Legal Studies, vol.21, no.3)

Book Chapters

Bano, Samia (2024) 'Equality and Difference: Muslim Religious Practice, Religious Tribunals and Muslim Women.' In: Hill, Mark and Papadopoulou, Lina, (eds.), Islam, Religious Liberty and Constitutionalism in Europe. Oxford: Hart Publishing, pp. 97-110.

Bano, Samia (2023) 'Sharia Councils and Muslim Family Law: Analysing the Parity Governance Model, The Sharia Inquiry and the role of State/Law Relations.' In: Bano, Samia, (ed.), The Sharia Inquiry, Religious Practice and Muslim Family Law in Britain. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 95-129. (Islam in the World)

Bano, Samia (2023) 'Introduction.' In: Bano, Samia, (ed.), The Sharia Inquiry, Religious Practice and Muslim Family Law in Britain. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 1-11. (Islam in the World)

Bano, Samia (2022) 'British Muslim Communities, Islamic Divorce and English Family Law.' In: Miles, Joanna, Monk, Daniel and Probert, Rebecca, (eds.), Fifty Years of the Divorce Reform Act 1969. Oxford: Hart Publishing, pp. 243-265.

Bano, Samia (2019) 'The Usefulness of the ‘Parity Governance Model’ in Muslim Family Law Debates.' In: O’Sullivan, Katherine, (ed.), Minority Religions Under Irish Law. Boston: Brill, pp. 217-249. (Muslim Minorities, vol. 31)

Bano, Samia (2018) 'Feminist Methodologies, Legal Pluralism and Muslim Family Law in Britain.' In: Scarcigila, Roberto and Menski, Werner F, (eds.), Normative Pluralism and Religious Diversity: Challenges and Methodological approaches. Milan: Wolters Kluwer, pp. 57-89. (Quaderni giuridici del Dipartimento di scienze politiche e sociali dell'Università di Trieste, 10)

Bano, Samia (2017) 'Agency, Autonomy and Rights: Muslim women and ADR in Britain.' In: Bano, Samia, (ed.), Gender and Justice in Family Law Disputes: Women, Mediation, and Religious Arbitration. Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Press, pp. 46-76.

Bano, Samia (2017) 'Introduction: “Women, Mediation and Religious Arbitration: Thinking Through Gender and Justice in Family Law Disputes”.' In: Bano, Samia, (ed.), Gender and Justice in Family Law Disputes: Women, Mediation, and Religious Arbitration. Hanover; London: Brandeis University Press, pp. 1-24.

Bano, Samia (2013) 'In the Name of God? Religion and Feminist Legal Theory.' In: Davies, Margaret and Munro, Vanessa E., (eds.), The Ashgate Research Companion to Feminist Legal Theory. England: Ashgate Publishing, pp. 157-177.

Bano, Samia (2013) 'Muslim Dispute Resolution in Britain: towards a new framework of family law governance?' In: Maclean, Mavis and Eekelaar, John, (eds.), Managing Justice in Diverse Societies. Oxford: Hart Publishing, pp. 61-88.

Bano, Samia (2012) 'Muslim Women, Divorce and Shariah Councils in Britain.' In: Mehdi, Rubya, Neilsen, J. S. and Menski, Werner F, (eds.), Interpreting Divorce Laws in Islam. Denmark: Djoef Publishing.

Bano, Samia (2011) 'Asking the Law Questions: Islamophobia, Agency and Muslim Women.' In: Vakil, AbdoolKarim and Sayyid, S., (eds.), Thinking Through Islamophobia. London: Hurst Series.

Bano, Samia (2011) 'Muslim Marriage and Mahr: The experience of British Muslim Women.' In: Mehdi, Rubya and Neilsen, J. S., (eds.), Embedding Mahr in the European Legal System. Copenhagen: DJOF Publishing.

Bano, Samia (2010) 'Beyond the Sacred and Secular: Muslim Women, the Law and the delivery of Justice.' In: Banakar, R., (ed.), Rights in Context: Law and Justice in Late Modern Society. Abingdon; New York: Routledge.

Bano, Samia (2010) 'Tackling 'crimes of honour': Evaluating the social and legal responses to combating Forced Marriages in Britain.' In: Idriss, Mohammad Mazher and Abbas, Tahir, (eds.), Honour, Violence and Islam. London: Routledge.

Bano, Samia and Patel, Pragna (2010) 'Zoora Shah Judgement.' In: Rackley, E. and McGlynn, Clare, (eds.), Feminist Judgements: from Theory to Practice. Oxford: Hart Publishing.

Bano, Samia (2009) 'Shariah Councils and Resolving Matrimonial Disputes: Gender and Justice in the 'Shadow' of Law'?' In: Gill, Aisha and Thiara, R., (eds.), Violence Against Women in South Asian Communities. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, pp. 182-210.

Bano, Samia (2005) 'Standpoint, Difference and Feminist Research.' In: Banakar, R. and Travers, M., (eds.), Theory and Method in Socio-Legal Research. Oxford: Hart Publishing, pp. 91-112.

Bano, Samia (1999) 'Citizenship, Multiculturalism and Customary Law in Britain.' In: Yuval-Davis, Nira and Werbner, Pnina, (eds.), Women, Citizenship and Difference. London: Zed Books. (Postcolonial Encounters)

Journal Article

Bano, Samia and Ghauri, Naheed (2024) 'Introduction: Interaction of Muslim and State Law—Muslim Women, Domestic Abuse, and Religious ADR.' Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, 12 (2). pp. 157-161.

Bano, Samia and Webley, Lisa (2023) 'Family Mediators and Family Mediation: When Norms Collide.' Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, 12 (2). pp. 162-177.

Bano, Samia (2017) 'Legal Diversity, Knowledge and Power.' feminists@law, 7 (2). pp. 1-17.

Bano, Samia and Pierce, Jennifer L. (2013) 'Personal Narrative, Social Justice and the Law: An Introduction.' Feminist Legal Studies, 21 (3). pp. 225-239.

Bano, Samia (2010) 'Multicultural Interlegality? Negotiating Family law in the context of Muslim legal pluralism in Britain.' Law and Anthropology: Current Legal Issues, 12 (3). pp. 125-142.

Bano, Samia (2008) 'In pursuit of Religious and Legal Diversity: A Response to the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Sharia Debate in Britain.' Ecclesiastical Law Journal, 10 (3). pp. 268-309.

Bano, Samia (2007) 'Islamic Family Arbitration, Justice and Human Rights in Britain.' Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development, 10 (1). pp. 2-26.

Bano, Samia (2007) 'Muslim Family Justice and Human Rights: The Experience of British Muslim Women.' Journal of Comparative Law, 1 (4). pp. 1-29.

Bano, Samia (2000) 'Legal Pluralism and Muslim Family Law in Britain.' Journal of South Pacific law, 4 (6). pp. 1-32.

Monographs and Working Papers

Bano, Samia (2012) An exploratory study of Shariah councils in England with respect to Family Law. Ministry of Justice / University of Reading.