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Stein, Lorenz von

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Lorenz von Stein (St.) is born in Borby near Eckernförde on November 15, 1815, as the natural child of Baron of Wasmer and the commoner Anna Julianna Stein. Several scholarships by King Frederick VI of Denmark (1768–1839) allow for his rise by education. After studying law and philosophy in Kiel and Jena, in 1839 St. works for the Chancellery of Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenburg in Copenhagen. With his dissertation Die Geschichte des dänischen Civilprocesses und das heutige Verfahren (1841), he obtaines his doctorate in 1840, the jurist, historian, and politician Nikolaus Falck (1784–1850) being his supervisor. St. receives a travel grant to Paris by Danish King Christian VIII (1786–1848). In 1842 he publishes the book Der Socialismus und Communismus des heutigen Frankreich. Ein Beitrag zur Zeitgeschichte, which at once builds his fame. After his habilitation in 1845, the University of Kiel appoints him Professor of Political Science in 1846. During the rebellion against...

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Koslowski, S., Koslowski, A. (2019). Stein, Lorenz von. In: Sellers, M., Kirste, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6730-0_651-1

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