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
71	(Kachi Plain - Ceramic Neolithic)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Ceramic Neolithic is assumed. [-5500, -4000]	absent	None
72	(Uruk)	Full Year Range of Uruk is assumed. [-4000, -2900]	unknown	None
73	(Medang Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Medang Kingdom is assumed. [732, 1019]	present	None
74	(Delhi Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Delhi Sultanate is assumed. [1206, 1526]	present	None
75	(Early A'chik)	Full Year Range of Early A'chik is assumed. [1775, 1867]	absent	None
76	(Kampili Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Kampili Kingdom is assumed. [1280, 1327]	present	None
77	(Satavahana Empire)	Full Year Range of Satavahana Empire is assumed. [-100, 203]	present	None
78	(Kassite Babylonia)	Full Year Range of Kassite Babylonia is assumed. [-1595, -1150]	present	None
79	(Bazi Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Bazi Dynasty is assumed. [-1005, -986]	present	None
80	(Hmong - Early Chinese)	Full Year Range of Hmong - Early Chinese is assumed. [1895, 1941]	absent	None

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