Professor Ray 马多夫 ‘s areas of expertise include will contests, philanthropy, charitable deduction, estate taxes, inheritance laws, tax policy 和 wealth inequality, estate planning, rights of the dead, along with rights of privacy 和 publicity. A regular commentator on a number of these topics, Professor 马多夫 has testified before Congress 和 has appeared on national radio shows (On Point, Talk of the Nation, All Things Considered, Here & 现在, Marketplace). She has been quoted by national entities like The New York Times 和 Wall Street Journal, while publishing numerous Op-Eds in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg Views, 和 Boston Globe. She’s the author of the book, Immortality 和 法律: the Rising Power of the American Dead (耶鲁大学), which looks at how American law treats the interests of the dead 和 what this tells us about our values for the living. She is also the lead author of the book, Practical Guide to Estate Planning (CCH), has written in a wide variety of areas involving property 和 death. Professor 马多夫 was also featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education: "5 Minutes With: A 法律 Professor on the Property Rights of the Dead."