7 sentences with 'review'
Example sentences and phrases with the word review and other words derived from it.
• « Emperor Justinian had legal experts review the entire corpus of Roman law, eliminate contradictions and determine which laws should be applied. He codified this project in the Corpus Juris Civilis, which is the direct textual predecessor of most of the legal systems still in use in Europe. »
• « Although many doctors consider certain drugs that thin the blood to be of great danger to most patients, a recent review of five major studies found that, at low doses, the benefits of these drugs far outweigh their risks. »
• « Yudin thanked Smythe for his thorough investigation, and promised to review it. However, the district attorney was reluctant to take up the case because the evidence was purely circumstantial. »
• « How far will this computer invasion go? A tentative answer: into our own skulls. At least, that is what emerges from a review of our evolutionary history. »
• « Here we need to stop for a second and review our prejudices, what we might call our "cerebral chauvinism". To think that we will always be superior to computers is not only to deny the direction of the wind, but the wind itself. Can we live without them? »
• « We will review three important episodes in the 20th century in which the problem of sovereignty was resolved in different ways: the conflicts over the Beagle Channel, the Falkland Islands and the territory of the Laguna del Desierto. »
• « However, Marshall also held that the Judiciary Act of Congress of 1789, which would have given the Supreme Court the power to grant Marbury's appeal, was unconstitutional because the Constitution did not allow cases like Marbury's to go directly to the Supreme Court. Marshall thus established the principle of judicial review, which strengthened the court by asserting its power to review (and possibly overturn) the actions of Congress and the president. Jefferson did not like it, but neither did Marbury, who received his commission. »