The interplay between the role of the legislature in fixing maximum sentences and individual judicial decisions is examined as is the appropriateness of guideline decisions by courts of criminal appeal or other superior courts 同时，立法机关在订定最高刑罚时是否能够配合个别司法判决、及上诉法庭或其他高级法庭是否应该有一套裁判指引，两者同样值得深思。
