Legal Conjugations
Based on observations among Cameroonian migrants living in Germany, the article puts into perspective the predominant perception of law in migratory contexts. When it is not apprehended through the simple prism of aliens’ law, most of the time, the legal situation of migrants is understood as an « in between » conciliating normative references from the country of origin and the recipient country. The article reveals more composite constellations, where different normative – and partly imaginary – references are combined and reinterpreted in light of the migration projects. As a micro-experience, the observations raise fundamental questions as to how to integrate the dominant legal systems into emerging pluralistic realities.