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
61	(New Palace Crete)	Full Year Range of New Palace Crete is assumed. [-1700, -1450]	absent	None
62	(The Old Palace Crete)	Full Year Range of The Old Palace Crete is assumed. [-1900, -1700]	absent	None
63	(Exarchate of Ravenna)	Full Year Range of Exarchate of Ravenna is assumed. [568, 751]	present	None
64	(Western Han Empire)	Full Year Range of Western Han Empire is assumed. [-202, 9]	present	None
65	(Early Qing)	Full Year Range of Early Qing is assumed. [1644, 1796]	present	None
66	(Rasulid Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Rasulid Dynasty is assumed. [1229, 1453]	present	None
67	(Jin Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Jin Dynasty is assumed. [1115, 1234]	present	None
68	(Hmong - Late Qing)	Full Year Range of Hmong - Late Qing is assumed. [1701, 1895]	absent	None
69	(Himyar II)	Full Year Range of Himyar II is assumed. [378, 525]	absent	None
70	(Kachi Plain - Ceramic Neolithic)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Ceramic Neolithic is assumed. [-5500, -4000]	absent	None

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