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
121	(Sarazm)	Full Year Range of Sarazm is assumed. [-3500, -2000]	unknown	None
122	(Konya Plain - Early Bronze Age)	Full Year Range of Konya Plain - Early Bronze Age is assumed. [-3000, -2000]	unknown	None
123	(Konya Plain - Early Chalcolithic)	Full Year Range of Konya Plain - Early Chalcolithic is assumed. [-6000, -5500]	absent	None
124	(Konya Plain - Late Chalcolithic)	Full Year Range of Konya Plain - Late Chalcolithic is assumed. [-5500, -3000]	absent	None
125	(Konya Plain - Ceramic Neolithic)	Full Year Range of Konya Plain - Ceramic Neolithic is assumed. [-7000, -6600]	unknown	None
126	(Konya Plain - Early Neolithic)	Full Year Range of Konya Plain - Early Neolithic is assumed. [-9600, -7000]	unknown	None
127	(Hmong - Early Chinese)	Full Year Range of Hmong - Early Chinese is assumed. [1895, 1941]	absent	None
128	(Ubaid)	Full Year Range of Ubaid is assumed. [-5500, -4201]	unknown	None
129	(Early Dynastic)	Full Year Range of Early Dynastic is assumed. [-2900, -2500]	unknown	None
130	(Eastern Han Empire)	Full Year Range of Eastern Han Empire is assumed. [25, 220]	present	None

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