Originally the cloistered government could not have been regulated under "the laws for the Court during the Edo period" as it was beyond the regulated legal system within the Imperial Palace. (Please refer to the section of Emperor Reigen for further details.)
院政は本来、朝廷の法体系の枠外の仕組みであり、『禁中並公家諸法度』ではそれを統制できなかった（この件については霊元天皇の項も参照）。