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
91	(Jenne-jeno IV)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno IV is assumed. [900, 1300]	unknown	None
92	(Uigur Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Uigur Khaganate is assumed. [745, 840]	unknown	None
93	(Papal States - Medieval Period I)	Full Year Range of Papal States - Medieval Period I is assumed. [1527, 1648]	present	None
94	(Papal States - Medieval Period II)	Full Year Range of Papal States - Medieval Period II is assumed. [1648, 1809]	present	None
95	(Republic of Venice III)	Full Year Range of Republic of Venice III is assumed. [1204, 1563]	present	None
96	(Republic of Venice IV)	Full Year Range of Republic of Venice IV is assumed. [1564, 1797]	present	None
97	(Asuka)	Full Year Range of Asuka is assumed. [538, 710]	present	None
98	(Japan - Incipient Jomon)	Full Year Range of Japan - Incipient Jomon is assumed. [-13600, -9200]	absent	None
99	(Japan - Initial Jomon)	Full Year Range of Japan - Initial Jomon is assumed. [-9200, -5300]	absent	None
100	(Hmong - Early Chinese)	Full Year Range of Hmong - Early Chinese is assumed. [1895, 1941]	absent	None

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