Practical analysis of the law shows that it does not contain any provision for directly controlling the imperial court, although it defines the relationships between the imperial court and the bakufu including the status of buke tenso (liaison officers between the imperial court and the military government) and gave the legal basis for delegating the administration of the country to the bakufu.
また、この法度を実際に分析すると武家伝奏の位置付けなど朝幕関係のあり方を規定し、幕府への大政委任に法的根拠を与えた事は事実であるが、直接的に朝廷の統制を目的とした条文は存在していない。