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
201	(Ashanti Empire)	Full Year Range of Ashanti Empire is assumed. [1701, 1895]	absent	None
202	(Archaic Crete)	Full Year Range of Archaic Crete is assumed. [-710, -500]	present	None
203	(Hellenistic Crete)	Full Year Range of Hellenistic Crete is assumed. [-323, -69]	present	None
204	(Hawaii I)	Full Year Range of Hawaii I is assumed. [1000, 1200]	absent	None
205	(Hawaii II)	Full Year Range of Hawaii II is assumed. [1200, 1580]	absent	None
206	(Hawaii III)	Full Year Range of Hawaii III is assumed. [1580, 1778]	absent	None
207	(Mughal Empire)	Full Year Range of Mughal Empire is assumed. [1526, 1858]	present	None
208	(Iban - Pre-Brooke)	Full Year Range of Iban - Pre-Brooke is assumed. [1650, 1841]	absent	None
209	(Majapahit Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Majapahit Kingdom is assumed. [1292, 1518]	present	None
210	(Mataram Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Mataram Sultanate is assumed. [1568, 1703]	present	None

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