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
241	(Elam - Shutrukid Period)	Full Year Range of Elam - Shutrukid Period is assumed. [-1199, -1100]	present	None
242	(Parthian Empire I)	Full Year Range of Parthian Empire I is assumed. [-247, 40]	unknown	None
243	(Parthian Empire II)	Full Year Range of Parthian Empire II is assumed. [41, 226]	unknown	None
244	(Pre-Ceramic Period)	Full Year Range of Pre-Ceramic Period is assumed. [-7800, -7200]	absent	None
245	(Safavid Empire)	Full Year Range of Safavid Empire is assumed. [1501, 1722]	present	None
246	(Sasanid Empire I)	Full Year Range of Sasanid Empire I is assumed. [205, 487]	present	None
247	(Sasanid Empire I)	Full Year Range of Sasanid Empire I is assumed. [205, 487]	absent	None
248	(Rome - Republic of St Peter II)	Full Year Range of Rome - Republic of St Peter II is assumed. [904, 1198]	present	None
249	(Seljuk Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Seljuk Sultanate is assumed. [1037, 1157]	present	None
250	(Papal States - High Medieval Period)	Full Year Range of Papal States - High Medieval Period is assumed. [1198, 1309]	present	None

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