Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Law

Professional Lawyer

Talking about law, no Descriptions IN Codebook.   (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]
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Variable Definition
professional_lawyer The absence or presence of professional lawyer for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Professional Lawyer Description   Edit
21
(Egypt - Dynasty I)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Dynasty I is assumed.
[-3100, -2900]
absent
None
22
(Egypt - Dynasty II)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Dynasty II is assumed.
[-2900, -2687]
absent
None
23
(Egypt - Middle Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Middle Kingdom is assumed.
[-2016, -1700]
absent
None
24
(Naqada I)
Full Year Range of Naqada I is assumed.
[-3800, -3550]
absent
None
25
(Early United Mexican States)
Full Year Range of Early United Mexican States is assumed.
[1810, 1920]
present
None
26
(Jin Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Jin Dynasty is assumed.
[1115, 1234]
present
None
27
(Yangshao)
Full Year Range of Yangshao is assumed.
[-5000, -3000]
unknown
None
28
(Tairona)
Full Year Range of Tairona is assumed.
[1050, 1524]
absent
None
29
(Badarian)
Full Year Range of Badarian is assumed.
[-4400, -3800]
absent
None
30
(Northern Song)
Full Year Range of Northern Song is assumed.
[960, 1127]
present
None
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