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
161	(Kushan Empire)	Full Year Range of Kushan Empire is assumed. [35, 319]	present	None
162	(Western Jin)	Full Year Range of Western Jin is assumed. [265, 317]	present	None
163	(Erligang)	Full Year Range of Erligang is assumed. [-1650, -1250]	absent	None
164	(Jin)	Full Year Range of Jin is assumed. [-780, -404]	present	None
165	(Great Ming)	Full Year Range of Great Ming is assumed. [1368, 1644]	present	None
166	(French Kingdom - Late Capetian)	Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Late Capetian is assumed. [1150, 1328]	absent	None
167	(Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian II)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian II is assumed. [900, 1049]	unknown	None
168	(Yemen Ziyad Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Yemen Ziyad Dynasty is assumed. [822, 1037]	present	None
169	(Northern Song)	Full Year Range of Northern Song is assumed. [960, 1127]	present	None
170	(Deccan - Iron Age)	Full Year Range of Deccan - Iron Age is assumed. [-1200, -300]	unknown	None

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