Abstract
The debate between Ronald Dworkin and Stanley Fish generated a great deal of interest at a time when ‘interpretation’ was all the rage. Then, everyone was reading turgid texts on hermeneutics and trying to figure out how an enterprise like literary criticism might have something to do with law. Although literary theory is Stanley Fish’s line of work, Ronald Dworkin certainly assimilated the spirit of the age. In addition to his noteworthy contribution of the distinction between fit and justification, his use of the literary metaphor of the ‘chain novel’ was a singular contribution to our understanding of legal practice.