IT IS HEREBY PERFORMED... EXPLORATIONS IN LEGAL SPEECH ACTS -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. THE STATUTE AS A SPEECH ACT -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Performatives -- 1.3. Felicity Conditions -- 1.4. A statute as a speech act -- 1.4.1. The statute as a performative -- 1.4.2. The felicity conditions of a statute -- 1.5. The legislative sentence as a speech act -- 1.5.1 Permission (may) -- 1.5.2. Ordering (shall) -- 1.5.3. Ambiguity of may and shall -- 1.5.4. Prohibition (shall not) -- 1.6. Other main clause verbs -- 2. THE LEGAL DOCUMENT AS A COMMUNICATIVE ACT -- 3. POTENTIAL SPEECH ACTS: THE GRAMMAR OF DELEGATING POWER -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Features of potential speech acts -- 3.3. Similar structures -- 3.4. Wills and deeds -- 4. REVERSIBLE PERFORMATIVES -- 5. 'THIS' AND 'THAT' IN LEGAL TEXTS -- 6. WHAT DOES A JUDGE DO'? SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS IN COURT JUDGMENTS -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Modality -- 6.3. Conditionals -- 6.4. Non-factive predicators -- 6.5. Conclusion -- FOOTNOTES -- APPENDIX -- REFERENCES.