ABSTRACT
The eschatological time of the second descent of Christ on earth can thus be taken to represent a political metaphor for the definition of the circumstances characterizing transitional justice phenomena. The ideal of the 'as' if also found in the transitional reading of time as according to Pauline text, is something grounded in the non-ideal condition of a lost collective self. The 'as' not precedes the as if and the ideal moment of purposiveness is grounded, accordingly, into the non-ideal transitional condition. The time that remains, as used in Pails Letter to the Romans, represents therefore a formula for defining transitional time as a non-exhaustible standard, or as a non-closure between the critical element of reflective judgement and the conditions for its formulation. The account of judgement proposed here prioritizes and links the roles of transitional justice institutions by starting from a normative account of the nature of transitional reflective judgement as an inherent interconnection of both dimensions.
