Nasser Katouzian

Amir Nasser Katouzian (Persian: امیرناصر کاتوزیان‎; 23 April 1931 – 2 September 2014) was an Iranian jurist, lawyer and emeritus at the University of Tehran. He is considered as the father of Iranian Law.^[3] Most of his books are considered as the main sources of civil law courses for law students. On February 2, 2005, Mohammad Khatami, the president of Iran at the time, awarded him the Order of Culture and Art.^[4][5] 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, Jafari Langarudi, Nasser Minachi and Ahmad Sayyed Javadi.^[6] He then ran for an Assembly of Experts for Constitution seat from Tehran constituency,^[7] however he was not elected. Katouzian was purged during Iranian Cultural Revolution and removed from his professorship position.^[8] Later, he was invited to assume his own position again.^[9]

Amir Nasser Katouzian
Born	(1931-04-23)23 April 1931 Tehran, Iran
Died	2 September 2014(2014-09-02) (aged 83) Tehran, Iran
Resting place	Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery
Nationality	Iranian
Alma mater	Faculty of Law and Political Science at University of Tehran University of Tehran
Occupation(s)	Academic, writer, Jurist, Lawyer
Title	'Founding Father of Modern Iranian Legal Studies'[1]
Spouse	Aghdas Katouzian
Children	2 (Bahram, Behzad)
Relatives	Asghar Sayyed Javadi (brother-in-law)
Awards	Order of Culture and Art (1st Order)[2]
Website	https://lawpol.ut.ac.ir/en/~katoozian

References

1. Malekian, Farhad (2018), The Mirage of International Criminal Law: Kant's Metaphysics of Mens Rea, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 33, ISBN 9781527517905
2. "اعطای نشان درجه یک فرهنگ و هنر و دانش به ناصر کاتوزیان توسط خاتمی". خبرگزاری جمهوری اسلامی (in Persian). 2005-02-02. Retrieved 2019-05-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
3. "دکتر ناصر کاتوزیان پدر علم حقوق ایران درگذشت". همشهری آنلاین (in Persian). 2014-09-02. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
4. unknown (2014-09-02). "14 بهمن 1383/ اعطای نشان درجه یک فرهنگ و هنر و دانش به ناصر کاتوزیان توسط خاتمی". ایرنا (in Persian). Retrieved 2024-10-01.
5. "زندگینامه: ناصر کاتوزیان (۱۳۰۶-۱۳۹۳)". همشهری آنلاین (in Persian). 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
6. Yaghmaian, Behzad (2002), Social Change in Iran: An Eyewitness Account of Dissent, Defiance, and New Movements for Rights, SUNY Press, p. 252, ISBN 9780791452110
7. Near East/North Africa Report, Joint Publications Research Service, vol. 2012, Executive Office of the President, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, 1979, pp. 60–61
8. Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi (2019). Revolution and its Discontents: Political Thought and Reform in Iran. Cambridge University Press. p. 210. ISBN 9781108426343.
9. "'Father of Law' Naser Katouzian dies at 87", Mehr News Agency, 2 September 2014, 103867, retrieved 1 March 2020