Editing Speech act (section)

==In political science==
In political science, the [[Copenhagen School (international relations)|Copenhagen School]] adopts speech act as a form of felicitous speech act (or simply 'facilitating conditions'), whereby the speaker, often politicians or players, act in accordance to the truth but in preparation for the audience to take action in the directions of the player that are driven or incited by the act. This forms an observable framework under a specified subject matter from the player, and the audience who are 'under-theorised [would] remain outside of the framework itself, and would benefit from being both brought in and drawn out.'<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/1232/1/WRAP_McDonald_0671572-pais-270709-mcdonald_securitisation_and_construction_of_security_ejir_forthcoming_2008.pdf |title=Securitisation and the Construction of Security |first=Matt |last=McDonald |date=2008 |journal=European Journal of International Relations |volume=14 |issue=4 |pages=563–587 |doi=10.1177/1354066108097553}}</ref> It is because the audience would not be informed of the intentions of the player, except to focus on the display of the speech act itself. Therefore, in the perspective of the player, the truth of the subject matter is irrelevant except the result produced via the audience.<ref name="buzan">{{Cite book |first1=Barry |last1=Buzan |first2=Ole |last2=Waever |first3=Jaap |last3=de Wilde |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j4BGr-Elsp8C&q=%2522speech%2520act%2522 |title=Security: A New Framework for Analysis |publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers |year=1998 |isbn=978-1-55587-784-2 |language=en}}</ref>

The study of speech acts is prevalent in legal theory since laws themselves can be interpreted as speech acts. Laws issue out a command to their constituents, which can be realized as an action. When forming a legal contract, speech acts can be made when people are making or accepting an offer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/2012/03/legal-theory-lexicon-speech-acts.html|title=Legal Theory Lexicon: Speech Acts|website=Legal Theory Blog|access-date=2018-04-15}}</ref> Considering the theory of freedom of speech, some speech acts may not be legally protected. For example, a death threat is a type of speech act and is considered to exist outside of the protection of freedom of speech as it is treated as a criminal act.