Nasser Katouzian

Nasser Katouzian (Persian: ناصر کاتوزیان‎) was an Iranian jurist, lawyer and emeritus at the University of Tehran.

Nasser Katouzian
Katouzian in 1979
Born	Amir-Nasser Katouzian[1] 1931[1] Tehran, Iran[1]
Died	2 September 2014(2014-09-02) (aged 86–87)[1] Tehran, Iran[1]
Nationality	Iranian
Title	'Father of Law'[2]
Relatives	Asghar Sayyed Javadi (brother-in-law)
Awards	Order of Culture and Art
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Tehran
Thesis	Testament (1960)
Academic work
Discipline	Law
Sub-discipline	Private
School or tradition	Positivism[2]
Institutions	University of Tehran
Main interests	Constitutional law Civil law
Website	https://lawpol.ut.ac.ir/en/~katoozian

Katouzian was regarded a prominent national figure and was a member of the committee in charge of writing a draft for the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, along with Hassan Habibi, Ja'fari-Langeroudi, Nasser Minachi and Ahmad Sayyed Javadi.[3] He then ran for an Assembly of Experts for Constitution seat from Tehran constituency,[4] however he was not elected. Katouzian was purged during Iranian Cultural Revolution and removed from his professorship position.[5] Later, he was invited to assume his own position again.[1]

References

1. "'Father of Law' Naser Katouzian dies at 87", Mehr News Agency, 2 September 2014, 103867, retrieved 1 March 2020
2. Malekian, Farhad (2018), The Mirage of International Criminal Law: Kant’s Metaphysics of Mens Rea, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 33, ISBN 9781527517905
3. Yaghmaian, Behzad (2002), Social Change in Iran: An Eyewitness Account of Dissent, Defiance, and New Movements for Rights, SUNY Press, p. 252, ISBN 9780791452110
4. Near East/North Africa Report, Joint Publications Research Service, 2012, Executive Office of the President, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, 1979, p. 60–61
5. Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi (2019). Revolution and its Discontents: Political Thought and Reform in Iran. Cambridge University Press. p. 210. ISBN 9781108426343.