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
151	(Rum Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Rum Sultanate is assumed. [1077, 1307]	present	None
152	(Cahokia - Lohman-Stirling)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Lohman-Stirling is assumed. [1055, 1199]	unknown	None
153	(Cahokia - Moorehead)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Moorehead is assumed. [1200, 1274]	unknown	None
154	(Early Illinois Confederation)	Full Year Range of Early Illinois Confederation is assumed. [1640, 1717]	absent	None
155	(Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late)	Full Year Range of Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late is assumed. [1714, 1848]	present	None
156	(Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period is assumed. [1778, 1819]	absent	None
157	(Cahokia - Sand Prairie)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Sand Prairie is assumed. [1275, 1400]	unknown	None
158	(Durrani Empire)	Full Year Range of Durrani Empire is assumed. [1747, 1826]	present	None
159	(Ghur Principality)	Full Year Range of Ghur Principality is assumed. [1025, 1215]	present	None
160	(Deccan - Iron Age)	Full Year Range of Deccan - Iron Age is assumed. [-1200, -300]	unknown	None

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