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Judge Dennis Davis
Stalin’s Show Trials

Wednesday 6.05.2026

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This lecture starts on 6 May at 7:00pm (UK).

Summary

The Stalin show trials of the 1930s were a key vehicle for Stalin to remove his opponents through the use of the criminal trial. In this lecture we explore these trials as a political instrument with emphasis on the trial of Nikolsi Bukharin.
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Judge Dennis Davis

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Dennis Davis is a judge of the High Court of South Africa and judge president of the Competition Appeals Court of South Africa. He has held professorial appointments at the University of Cape Town and University of the Witwatersrand, as well as numerous visiting appointments at Cambridge, Harvard, New York University, and others. He has authored eleven books, including Lawfare: Judging Politics in South Africa.
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