Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Law

Formal Legal Code

Talking about law, formal legal code refers to legal code usually, but not always written down. if not written down, code it 'present' when a uniform legal system is established by oral transmission (e.g., officials are taught the rules, or the laws are announced in a public space). provide a short description (See here)

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Variable	Definition
Polity	The Seshat Polity ID
Year(s)	The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE]
Tag	[Evidenced, Disputed, Suspected, Inferred, Unknown]
Verified	A Seshat Expert has approved this piece of data.

Variable	Definition
formal_legal_code	The absence or presence of formal legal code for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Formal Legal Code	Description	Edit
1	(Roman Kingdom)	716 BCE 600 BCE	present	None
2	(Roman Kingdom)	716 BCE 600 BCE	absent	None
3	(Roman Kingdom)	600 BCE 509 BCE	present	None
4	(Sasanid Empire II)	488 CE 531 CE	absent	None
5	(Sasanid Empire II)	488 CE 531 CE	present	None
6	(Sasanid Empire II)	531 CE 642 CE	present	None
7	(Sasanid Empire II)	531 CE 642 CE	absent	None
8	(Ottoman Emirate)	1299 CE 1325 CE	absent	None
9	(Ottoman Emirate)	1325 CE 1402 CE	present	None
10	(French Kingdom - Early Valois)	1350 CE 1450 CE	present	None

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