A foundational concept of quality control is to not rely on inspection to catch production defects. Why not? It diffuses responsibility, lets more problems get to the customer and is less efficient than doing it correctly to start with.
Code review isn’t inspection, that would be testing - whether automatic or manual.
Code review is the feedback mechanism that allows quality control to improve the process, teaching the engineers how to do it right in the first place.
A foundational concept of quality control is to not rely on inspection to catch production defects. Why not? It diffuses responsibility, lets more problems get to the customer and is less efficient than doing it correctly to start with.