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
181	(Great Yuan)	Full Year Range of Great Yuan is assumed. [1271, 1368]	present	None
182	(Egypt - Inter-Occupation Period)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Inter-Occupation Period is assumed. [-404, -342]	present	None
183	(Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II is assumed. [1348, 1412]	present	None
184	(Egypt - Middle Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Middle Kingdom is assumed. [-2016, -1700]	present	None
185	(French Kingdom - Early Bourbon)	Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Early Bourbon is assumed. [1589, 1660]	present	None
186	(Terminal Formative Basin of Mexico)	Full Year Range of Terminal Formative Basin of Mexico is assumed. [-100, 99]	absent	None
187	(Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period)	Full Year Range of Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period is assumed. [-1550, -1293]	present	None
188	(Egypt - Late Old Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Late Old Kingdom is assumed. [-2350, -2150]	absent	None
189	(Ptolemaic Kingdom I)	Full Year Range of Ptolemaic Kingdom I is assumed. [-305, -217]	present	None
190	(Deccan - Iron Age)	Full Year Range of Deccan - Iron Age is assumed. [-1200, -300]	unknown	None

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