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
21	(Samanid Empire)	Full Year Range of Samanid Empire is assumed. [819, 999]	present	None
22	(Ilkhanate)	Full Year Range of Ilkhanate is assumed. [1256, 1339]	present	None
23	(Naqada II)	Full Year Range of Naqada II is assumed. [-3550, -3300]	absent	None
24	(Naqada I)	Full Year Range of Naqada I is assumed. [-3800, -3550]	absent	None
25	(Egypt - Dynasty 0)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Dynasty 0 is assumed. [-3300, -3100]	absent	None
26	(Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period is assumed. [-1069, -747]	unknown	None
27	(Beaker Culture)	Full Year Range of Beaker Culture is assumed. [-3200, -2000]	unknown	None
28	(Hallstatt A-B1)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt A-B1 is assumed. [-1000, -900]	unknown	None
29	(Hallstatt B2-3)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt B2-3 is assumed. [-900, -700]	unknown	None
30	(Buyid Confederation)	Full Year Range of Buyid Confederation is assumed. [932, 1062]	present	None

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