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
11	(Late Mongols)	1590 CE 1690 CE	present	None
12	(Sakha - Late)	1632 CE 1889 CE	absent	None
13	(Spanish Empire II)	1716 CE 1814 CE	present	None
14	(Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial)	1841 CE 1924 CE	absent	None
15	(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II)	1867 CE 1918 CE	present	None
16	(Sakha - Late)	1890 CE 1900 CE	present	None
17	(Soviet Union)	1923 CE 1991 CE	present	None
18	(Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial)	1924 CE 1987 CE	present	None
19	(Icelandic Commonwealth)	Full Year Range of Icelandic Commonwealth is assumed. [930, 1262]	present	None
20	(Toltecs)	Full Year Range of Toltecs is assumed. [900, 1199]	unknown	None

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