Patrick F. Madden

Of Dinosaurs and Birds: The Second Circuit’s “Forum Rule” As An Unwarranted Attack On Plaintiffs’ Employment Discrimination Class Action Attorneys’ Fee Petitions

Patrick F. Madden et al. — Sun, 02 May 2010 15:04:33 PDT

ARTfully Discriminating: How Hall v. Nalco Co. Applies Title VII to Adverse Employment Actions Based on Assisted Reproduction Technologies

Patrick F. Madden — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:59:01 PDT

Piercing The Veil: Using Microfinance Initiatives to Promote Female Entrepreneurship in Muslim Countries

Patrick F. Madden — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:27:41 PDT

This paper argues that microfinance initiatives are an attractive aid mechanism to promote gender equality in Muslim countries because such initiatives both alleviate poverty and provide women with economic empowerment without violating Muslim customary banking laws. By promoting female entrepreneurship, microfinance initiatives are, perhaps, the most effective means of achieving the Millennium Development goal of gender equality without upsetting the Islamic governments or the prospective borrowers.