this book, as you have heard, by laura edwards, is called "the construction of rights." professor edwards is the peabody at dukerofessor university where she specializes in legal history, women's of the, the history south, especially in the 19th century. professor edwards earned a phd in history at the university of north carolina. she is the author most recently of "a legal history of the civil war and reconstruction: a nation of rights" that was published just this year. her 2009 book, "the people and aeir piece: reformation in postrevolutionary south" was awarded the littleton griswold prize. "rlier works includes, gendered strife and confusion: the political culture of reconstruction." i also is a sailing the title of the book, "scarlet doesn't live here anymore." that is the best. [laughter] she has also been awarded the position of president of the southern association of women's historians and as a member of the board of directors for the american society of legal history and is a member of the southern ward of the historical association, so i could continue with

. >> at duke university history professor laura edwards talks about the difference between federal and local courts during the reconstruction in. the actions of these courts frequently conflicted with the each other. this event is part of a series on the supreme court and reconstruction posted by the supreme court historical society. [applause] [laughter] justice kagan: thank you very i just want to express my great appreciation for the supreme court historical society and for all of the rest of the associates here who do so much for the court. this year is the 2015 leon silverman lecture series. lecture series like these are an important part of what goes on at the court. but they are only a small part of what the supreme court historical society does. the supreme court historical society puts out a regular journal, it collects items relating to the court's history, which really are all around the court, a lot of the offices and the portraits are a result of the society's collecting efforts. there are a lot of programs for school teachers to make sure that school teachers know how to

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. >> at duke university history professor laura edwards talks about the difference between federal and local courts during the reconstruction in. the actions of these courts frequently conflicted with the each other. this event is part of a series on the supreme court and reconstruction posted by the supreme court historical society. [applause] [laughter] justice kagan: thank you very