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
191	(Egypt - Thebes-Hyksos Period)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Thebes-Hyksos Period is assumed. [-1720, -1567]	present	None
192	(Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period is assumed. [868, 969]	present	None
193	(Axum I)	Full Year Range of Axum I is assumed. [-149, 349]	present	None
194	(Chuuk - Late Truk)	Full Year Range of Chuuk - Late Truk is assumed. [1886, 1948]	present	None
195	(Magadha - Maurya Empire)	Full Year Range of Magadha - Maurya Empire is assumed. [-324, -187]	present	None
196	(Proto-French Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Proto-French Kingdom is assumed. [987, 1150]	absent	None
197	(Early Merovingian)	Full Year Range of Early Merovingian is assumed. [481, 543]	present	None
198	(Proto-Carolingian)	Full Year Range of Proto-Carolingian is assumed. [687, 751]	present	None
199	(Middle Merovingian)	Full Year Range of Middle Merovingian is assumed. [543, 687]	present	None
200	(Deccan - Iron Age)	Full Year Range of Deccan - Iron Age is assumed. [-1200, -300]	unknown	None

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