Lorenz Stein, Ritter von Stein since 1868 (1815 in Borby near Eckernförde as Wasmer Jakob Lorentz - 1890 in Hadersdorf-Weidlingau, now Vienna), was a German constitutional law professor, sociologist and economist. In 1882, together with the legal scholar Rudolf von Gneist (1816-1895), he advised the future Japanese Prime Minister Itō Hirobumi (1841-1909) on issues relating to the first Japanese constitution.
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