The beauty about breaking the rules is intent doesn't really matter. Otherwise everyone would just use it as a defense. "Oh I know I broke the law but my intentions were good!"
You fail to understand. That's my fault. I, the player, went against the rules. The character did what he thinks right in his position of power (right or wrong, he didn't care... he must have - or at least he believes it - power over his regions). If you want to imply that character must know the !@#$ing social contract, put them on it! Also, if you will say my character must know it because it's played by the player, forget the !@#$ing Roleplay games.
It's the same about Tournaments: "Hey.... you character cannot tell a word against it in game" "Why?" "'Cause he may now about the social contract! !@#$ your character and what he think about it, let's attend the tournament!"
