This paper challenges the notion of external limits of the law. Legal sy­stems may have their own narrative of autonomy and independence, that eventually implies an absence of hard limits; there are, however, other nar­ratives that law itself can acknowledge, and the limits of law can therefo­re dwell in such an acknowledgement. The limits of law, from this point of view, are neither reassuring borders, nor protective walls – they are a conjured up by a pluralism of narratives implied in such practices like conscientious objection or civil disobedience.