The Taiho Code of 702 was the first officially promulgated set of legal codes which contained both penal and administrative laws. The code was based on the legal codes of T’ang dynasty China which was the model for Japanese development at the time.
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The Taiho Code of 702 was the first officially promulgated set of legal codes which contained both penal and administrative laws. The code was based on the legal codes of T’ang dynasty China which was the model for Japanese development at the time.
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