Cooption (from Latin cooptare, “to elect into a body”) is the right of a group of a limited number of people to supplement or expand the group on its own authority by adding one or more people. The right of cooption is attested in the most diverse forms from the Roman Republic down to the present day. While cooption is practiced today prominently for committee, executive, and directorial elections in social interest groups or for the selection of members of scholarly academies, cooption procedure…