Editorial and front matter: Colloquy, Issue 16, December 2008

The second issue of Colloquy: text theory critique for 2008 includes a themed section dedicated to reflections upon Walter Benjamin's "Critique of Violence" and Jacques Derrida's "Force of Law" and comes accompanied by its own substantial introduction, which deals with the ideas and authors included in it. Alongside this excellent array of postgraduate articles, of which all involved may feel justifiable pride, this issue includes four general articles, a translation and some book reviews.