Soviet trials in the 1920s and the idea of law in the West: a Conversation with Alexandra Day

Alexandra Day, recipient of the Provost's PhD award, joins Ronan Daly to discuss the background, orchestration and international legacy of some of the earliest and most significant trials held in the Soviet Union. With Alexandra's project nearing its completion, she also highlights some valuable lessons we may learn when it comes to the promises and pitfalls which abound in current attempts to impose supranational legal orders.

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Interviewer: Ronan Daly

Episode Editor: Marie Stamp

Sources Used in this Podcast:

• Wood, Elizabeth. Performing Justice: Agitation Trials in Early Soviet Russia. Cornell University Press, 2005.

• John Hazard - several works on Soviet show trials

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