TY - GEN AB - “We all think about immigration . . . as the state asks us to think about it and, ultimately, as it thinks about it itself.” This aphorism of the sociologist Abdelmalek Sayad seems to speak to lawyers and, in particular, international lawyers who are accustomed to thinking of immigration as a mere question of sovereignty. I contend that this internalization of sovereignty by the legal profession is a pure mystification. I call for acknowledging the duality of sovereignty as a Janus with two faces. This metaphor illuminates the ontological ambivalence of the border that can be viewed as either a passage or a wall depending on the viewpoint. AU - Chetail, Vincent DA - 2024 DO - 10.1017/aju.2024.32 DO - doi ID - 319351 KW - Mobilities and Migration KW - Global Governance L1 - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/319351/files/demystifying-sovereignty-totem-and-taboo-of-migration-control-in-international-law.pdf L2 - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/319351/files/demystifying-sovereignty-totem-and-taboo-of-migration-control-in-international-law.pdf L4 - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/319351/files/demystifying-sovereignty-totem-and-taboo-of-migration-control-in-international-law.pdf LK - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/319351/files/demystifying-sovereignty-totem-and-taboo-of-migration-control-in-international-law.pdf N2 - “We all think about immigration . . . as the state asks us to think about it and, ultimately, as it thinks about it itself.” This aphorism of the sociologist Abdelmalek Sayad seems to speak to lawyers and, in particular, international lawyers who are accustomed to thinking of immigration as a mere question of sovereignty. I contend that this internalization of sovereignty by the legal profession is a pure mystification. I call for acknowledging the duality of sovereignty as a Janus with two faces. This metaphor illuminates the ontological ambivalence of the border that can be viewed as either a passage or a wall depending on the viewpoint. PY - 2024 T1 - Demystifying sovereigntytotem and taboo of migration control in international law TI - Demystifying sovereigntytotem and taboo of migration control in international law UR - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/319351/files/demystifying-sovereignty-totem-and-taboo-of-migration-control-in-international-law.pdf Y1 - 2024 ER -