APCJ_1528_Win2010_00i_122_4 12/30/10 3:22 PM Page 17 Integrating Principles and Practices in Somaliland 17 search the subject, it could well become a bridging system between customary law and the judicial system. CONCLUSION Customary law, due to its organic and flexible nature, has the potential to integrate into its system of rule-based problem solving the values, strategies, and practices of conflict transformation. In so doing, it benefits from the deeper analysis of conflict and can be used to act more strategically in addressing the multiple causes of conflict and bring about relational and structural change. At the same time, the theoretical and practical bases of conflict transformation expand when they involve certain principles, attitudes, and practices of customary law, particularly those that stress integrity, interdependence, and listening. The union of these approaches in Somaliland would help in improving understanding of conflicts and crimes and transforming them. With restorative justice acting as a bridge between customary law and civil law, elders and justices can work together to more effectively address complex issues.