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
131	(Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late)	Full Year Range of Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late is assumed. [1714, 1848]	absent	None
132	(Koktepe I)	Full Year Range of Koktepe I is assumed. [-1400, -1000]	unknown	None
133	(Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian I)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian I is assumed. [750, 900]	absent	None
134	(Deccan - Neolithic)	Full Year Range of Deccan - Neolithic is assumed. [-2700, -1200]	unknown	None
135	(Timurid Empire)	Full Year Range of Timurid Empire is assumed. [1370, 1526]	unknown	None
136	(Oaxaca - Tierras Largas)	Full Year Range of Oaxaca - Tierras Largas is assumed. [-1400, -1150]	absent	None
137	(Kingdom of Norway II)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Norway II is assumed. [1262, 1396]	present	None
138	(Cuzco - Late Formative)	Full Year Range of Cuzco - Late Formative is assumed. [-500, 200]	absent	None
139	(Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial)	Full Year Range of Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial is assumed. [1734, 1883]	absent	None
140	(Cahokia - Late Woodland I)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Late Woodland I is assumed. [300, 450]	absent	None

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