Ronald Dworkin’s influential work yields a distinctive account of legal interpretation. Two points are critical to an understanding of Dworkin’s contribution. First, Dworkin begins from a general theory of creative (as opposed to conversational and scientific) interpretation – one that encompasses, for example, literature, art, and non-legal social practices (1986, 50-51). According to this theory, an interpreter tries to show the object of interpretation in its best light, all things considered, by imposing a point or purpose on it. The best interpretation of an object is the one that makes it the best of its type or genre that it can be. (Dworkin 1986, chapter 2). Dworkin uses the term constructive interpretation for this distinctive type of interpretation (Dworkin, 1986, 52).