Nasser Katouzian

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Nasser Katouzian
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Katouzian in 2009
Born
Amir-Nasser Katouzian[1]

1927[1]
Died2 September 2014(2014-09-02) (aged 86–87)[1]
Tehran, Iran[1]
NationalityIranian
Title'Founding Father of Modern Iranian Legal Studies'[2]
RelativesAsghar Sayyed Javadi (brother-in-law)
AwardsOrder of Art and Culture.png Order of Culture and Art
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Tehran
ThesisTestament (1960)
Academic work
DisciplineLaw
Sub-disciplinePrivate
School or traditionPositivism[2]
InstitutionsUniversity of Tehran
Main interestsConstitutional law
Civil law
Websitehttps://lawpol.ut.ac.ir/en/~katoozian

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

Nasser Katouzian

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. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "'Father of Law' Naser Katouzian dies at 87", Mehr News Agency, 2 September 2014, 103867, retrieved 1 March 2020
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b 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, pp. 60–61
  5. ^ Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi (2019). Revolution and its Discontents: Political Thought and Reform in Iran. Cambridge University Press. p. 210. ISBN 9781108426343.


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