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
101	(Japan - Middle Jomon)	Full Year Range of Japan - Middle Jomon is assumed. [-3500, -2500]	absent	None
102	(Japan - Late Jomon)	Full Year Range of Japan - Late Jomon is assumed. [-2500, -1200]	absent	None
103	(Japan - Final Jomon)	Full Year Range of Japan - Final Jomon is assumed. [-1200, -300]	absent	None
104	(Kansai - Yayoi Period)	Full Year Range of Kansai - Yayoi Period is assumed. [-300, 250]	absent	None
105	(Kara-Khanids)	Full Year Range of Kara-Khanids is assumed. [950, 1212]	present	None
106	(Western Turk Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Western Turk Khaganate is assumed. [582, 630]	unknown	None
107	(Classical Angkor)	Full Year Range of Classical Angkor is assumed. [1100, 1220]	present	None
108	(Late Angkor)	Full Year Range of Late Angkor is assumed. [1220, 1432]	present	None
109	(Khmer Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Khmer Kingdom is assumed. [1432, 1594]	present	None
110	(Hmong - Early Chinese)	Full Year Range of Hmong - Early Chinese is assumed. [1895, 1941]	absent	None

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