Table of contents.- About the Authors.- 1. Fair reflection of society in judicial systems; Sophie Turenne.- 2. Judges and democracy in Argentina: an elite in search of legitimacy; José Sebastián Elias.- 3. Concepts of representation in their application to the judiciary in Australia; Susan Kiefel AC and Cheryl Saunders.- 4. Re-forming a meritorious elite. Judicial independence, selection of judges and the High Council of Justice in Belgium; Maurice Adams and Benoît Allemeersch.- 5. La justice constitutionnelle au-delà du gouvernement des juges: la constitution de pratiques pour refléter la société; Stéphane Bernatchez.- 6. Judicial selection, lay participation, and judicial culture in the Czech Republic: a study in a Central European (non)transformation'; Michal Bobek.- 7. Lay judges and professionals in Danish Courts; Ditlev Tamm.- 8. Finnish judges between tradition and dynamism; Pia Letto-Vanamo.- 9. How to become a Judge in Hungary? From the professionalism of the judiciary to the political ties of the Constitutional CourtBalázs Fekete.- 10. The independence and social influence of a meritorious legal elite in Serbia; Dusan Nikolic.- 11. The government of judges and democracy. The tragic institutional situation of the Venezuelan judiciary; Allan R. Brewer-Carías.- Annex: Questionnaire.