law and order

• king was the law maker
• blood feuds - id someone was attacked, the victims family would hunt the attacker down and kill them
• wergild tried to stop blood feuds - pay compensation instead
• tithing - 10 families - had to hunt criminals 'hue and cry'
• men of the tithing were collectively responsible for the behaviour of their tithing, eg if someone refused to join the fyrd, there would be consequences for all