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
1
(Spanish Empire II)
1716 CE 1814 CE
present
None
2
(Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II)
1776 CE 1864 CE
absent
None
3
(Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II)
1864 CE 1917 CE
present
None
4
(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II)
1867 CE 1918 CE
present
None
5
(Postpalatial Crete)
Full Year Range of Postpalatial Crete is assumed.
[-1300, -1200]
absent
None
6
(Prepalatial Crete)
Full Year Range of Prepalatial Crete is assumed.
[-3000, -1900]
absent
None
7
(Neolithic Crete)
Full Year Range of Neolithic Crete is assumed.
[-7000, -3000]
absent
None
8
(Egypt - Period of the Regions)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Period of the Regions is assumed.
[-2150, -2016]
absent
None
9
(The Old Palace Crete)
Full Year Range of The Old Palace Crete is assumed.
[-1900, -1700]
absent
None
10
(Ghur Principality)
Full Year Range of Ghur Principality is assumed.
[1025, 1215]
present
None
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