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
111	(Bamana kingdom)	Full Year Range of Bamana kingdom is assumed. [1712, 1861]	present	None
112	(Eastern Turk Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Eastern Turk Khaganate is assumed. [583, 630]	unknown	None
113	(Uruk)	Full Year Range of Uruk is assumed. [-4000, -2900]	unknown	None
114	(Second Turk Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Second Turk Khaganate is assumed. [682, 744]	unknown	None
115	(Carolingian Empire II)	Full Year Range of Carolingian Empire II is assumed. [840, 987]	absent	None
116	(Early Monte Alban I)	Full Year Range of Early Monte Alban I is assumed. [-500, -300]	absent	None
117	(Monte Alban Late I)	Full Year Range of Monte Alban Late I is assumed. [-300, -100]	absent	None
118	(Archaic Basin of Mexico)	Full Year Range of Archaic Basin of Mexico is assumed. [-6000, -2001]	absent	None
119	(Epiclassic Basin of Mexico)	Full Year Range of Epiclassic Basin of Mexico is assumed. [650, 899]	unknown	None
120	(Hmong - Early Chinese)	Full Year Range of Hmong - Early Chinese is assumed. [1895, 1941]	absent	None

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