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
41	(Egypt - Dynasty I)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Dynasty I is assumed. [-3100, -2900]	absent	None
42	(Egypt - Dynasty II)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Dynasty II is assumed. [-2900, -2687]	absent	None
43	(Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I is assumed. [1260, 1348]	present	None
44	(Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III is assumed. [1412, 1517]	present	None
45	(Oirats)	Full Year Range of Oirats is assumed. [1368, 1630]	absent	None
46	(Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I)	Full Year Range of Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I is assumed. [1614, 1775]	present	None
47	(Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty is assumed. [919, 1125]	absent	None
48	(Egypt - Classic Old Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Classic Old Kingdom is assumed. [-2650, -2350]	absent	None
49	(Egypt - Period of the Regions)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Period of the Regions is assumed. [-2150, -2016]	present	None
50	(Yemen - Qasimid Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Yemen - Qasimid Dynasty is assumed. [1637, 1805]	present	None

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