Let us consider the ex ante, in advance of the thinking and plan.
In general jurisprudence, we might associate the ex ante perspective with legal instrumentalism( or legal realism).
In response to this, smallholders have developed strategies for (ex ante) risk management and (ex post) risk coping.
Research on independent innovation investment decisions of the licensee under ex ante licensing
The ex ante perspective in legal theory is loosely connected with consequentialist( or utilitarian or welfarist) approaches to moral theory.
For example, a fairness-based theory of torts might consider future consequences in assessing legal rules, and even utilitarian legal theories must use ex ante information when evaluating particular cases.
On inventory pledge loan, creditor can screen on borrowers with asymmetric information of ex ante default possibility, when taking into account borrowers' signaling action by acquiring a credit score.