Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Law

Court

Talking about law, courts are buildings specialized for legal proceedings only.   (See here)
Contributors:

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
court The absence or presence of court for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Court Description   Edit
1
(Late Mongols)
1368 CE 1589 CE
unknown
None
2
(Late Mongols)
1590 CE 1690 CE
present
None
3
(Sakha - Late)
1632 CE 1889 CE
absent
None
4
(Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial)
1841 CE 1924 CE
absent
None
5
(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II)
1867 CE 1918 CE
present
None
6
(Sakha - Late)
1890 CE 1900 CE
present
None
7
(Soviet Union)
1923 CE 1991 CE
present
None
8
(Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial)
1924 CE 1987 CE
present
None
9
(Eastern Zhou)
Full Year Range of Eastern Zhou is assumed.
[-475, -256]
present
None
10
(Southern Song)
Full Year Range of Southern Song is assumed.
[1127, 1279]
present
None
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