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Bob agonizes about how helpless he is to change this law, until he remembers, or is reminded, that he ''does'' have the authority to change the law.
Now this might come across as [[What an Idiot!]] for Bob, but Bob was raised to respect tradition. So actually using his authority this way didn't occur to him until just then. Especially when it is a normally good rule that works out badly in this case; this is a traditional reason for the existence of pardons.
Now in reality, some rules were out of the reach of all but the most absolute monarchs. Rules that could have been changed would also be met with resistance unless the ruler was strong willed enough to enact these changes. Sometimes fiction will deal with these difficulties as well, but not always.
Contrast [[Screw the Rules, I Make Them]] (Bob can enforce, and even change, the rules; he just chooses to ignore them).
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