For each of the following categories, state whether it is primary or secondary authority, and list one source within that category and briefly describe when one would use that source.

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Bankruptcy law cases: primary authority, Bankruptcy Court Reporter, to explain the interpretation of the Bankruptcy Code.

Legislative history: secondary authority, the Congressional Record, to interpret a statute in the absence of case law.

Digests: secondary authority, West's Bankruptcy Digest, to find case law.

Loose-leaf services: secondary authority, Bankruptcy Law Reporter, for developments in bankruptcy law.
 
Treatises: secondary authority, Tabb, The Law of Bankruptcy, for an in-depth analysis of bankruptcy law.

Legal periodicals: secondary authority, American Bankruptcy Law Journal, for an in-depth analysis of a specific topic.

American Law Reports: secondary authority, American Law Reports, Federal, provide an analysis of decisions interpreting federal law.

Legal encyclopedias: secondary authority, American Jurisprudence, 2d, discussion of legal topics.

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