Footwear matters when analyzing gait in older women. It should be described in greater detail by gait researchers. Footwear should also be considered by clinicians in light of the study findings and its effects on gait. Older women are strongly discouraged to walk barefoot because barefoot walking adversely affects gait patterns. A well-fitting standard shoe with laces, a low and wide heel, firm heel collar and a grooved, moderately hard sole is recommended in research, rehabilitation, and daily use.

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The question of the penal responsability of a given legal person is one of the open areas in international law. The European Council has already taken position in favour of such a responsability. However, the tradition of national autonomy has not been questioned so far. Hence it is only on the basis of a systematic description and comparison that a European solution could be worked out. The article offers a survey of the various legal Systems where the principle of penal responsability has been accepted (England, the Netherlands and France) and of those Systems where it has been refused until so far (Belgium, Germany). The imputability of the material act and the moral element requires the main part of the discussion. It is a remarquable phenomenon that Belgium and Germany, the two countries that do not accept a penal responsability of a legal person, nevertheless do take initiatives against criminal moral persons, either while hitting them through the physical persons or by means of non-penal measu-res. The penal solution ought to be preferred to the administrative one, given the insuronces already implied in penal law. Once such a principle has been accepted, it makes sense to apply penal sanctions in a consistent way while taking into consideration the nature of the moral person(s) involved, and this for a given number of offences that may have been committed by them. Due to the direct relation with criminal reality, a large concept of "legal person " is recommended. It also makes sense to cumulate the penal responsability ofthe legal person on the one hand and the physical person on the other hand, as long as the principle of non bis in idem can be maintained. In fact, none of the national legal Systems seems to be satisfactory on its own, but a few basic principles which may allow for a more global policy are now at least better known. This is exactly why a comparative discussion and analysis appeared to be necessary.

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