Carstens, Pieter Albert, 1960-2018-08-012018-08-012017-09Carstens, P. 2017, 'Revisiting the maxim imperitia culpae adnumeratur in context of medical negligence - can the Maxim be extended to include the application of luxuria?', Obiter, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 613-622.1682-5853http://hdl.handle.net/2263/66049In any given context, negligence means that the defendant or the accused failed to foresee the possibility of harm (bodily/mental injury or death) occurring to another in circumstances where the reasonable person (diligens paterfamilias) in the defendant’s or accused position would have foreseen the possibility of harm occurring to another and would have taken steps to avoid or prevent it. The generic test for negligence is thus one of foreseeability and preventability. Although the test for negligence is fundamentally objective, it does contain subjective elements when the negligence of an expert is assessed.enNelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Faculty of LawMedical negligenceMaxim imperitia culpae adnumeraturConscious negligence (luxuria)Civil lawCriminal lawMedical practitionerArticle