For lack of time, Derrida was unable to conclude the elaboration of the work in progress, of which this is only a preliminary version. Except for some footnotes added after the fact, this text corresponds to the version distributed at the colloquium on 'Deconstruction and the Possibility of Justice' (October 1989, Cardozo Law School), of which Jacques Der- rida read only the first part to open the session. The author would like to thank Sam Weber for his help in the final revision of this text.

I'd be glad to try to speak of each of these things or these categories ('deconstruction,' 'possibility,' 'justice') and even of these syncate- goremes ('and,' 'the,' 'of'), but not at all in this order, this taxis, this taxonomy or this syntagm. An ill-tempered speaker might say: I don't see the connection, no rhetoric could bend itself to such an exercise. A conjunction such as 'and' dares to defy order, tax- onomy, classificatory logic, no matter how it works: by analogy, dis- tinction or opposition.

'Decon- struction and the Possibility of Justice': the conjunction 'and' brings together words, concepts, perhaps things that don't belong to the same category. Although I've been entrusted with the formidable honor of the 'keynote address,' I had nothing to do with the invention of this title or with the implicit formulation of the problem. The title of this colloquium and the problem that it requires me, as you say transitively in your language, to address, have had me musing for months. 1 Force of Law: The 'Mystical Foundation of Authority' Jacques Derrida C'est ici un devoir, je dois m'adresser a vous en anglais.This is an obligation, I must address myself to you in English.

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