Clear cases include threatening bodily compulsion, lying, withholding information that the person has a right to have, or imposing requirements or conditions.
(I am reminded here of the Russian term vranyo, meaning an unstoppable compulsion to lie, with the falsehood recognised both by the liar and the person lied to).
Huhne, described by Perry earlier this month in an article for the New Statesman as typical "default man": 60, Westminster, PPE Magdalen, self-destructively heterosexual", displayed little insight into his compulsion to lie, his fall from grace and his experience of jail.
Why this compulsion to lie?
Williams's embattled situation — his compulsion to lay claim to his literary legacy at all costs — found a fierce and funny reflection in the struggle of Maggie, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" 's heroine, to seize her own sexual and financial inheritance.
Another paradox to Polly Harvey is the contradiction between the extreme nakedness of her songs, her apparent compulsion to lay bare her emotions (and frequently her flesh, as on the sleeve of her debut Dry and on an infamous NME cover), and her charming evasiveness in interview.
time and again under compulsion, and necessity will lie harsh upon you.
And in Argos you will work the loom for another woman, and carry water from the spring of Messeis or Hypereia time and again under compulsion, and necessity will lie harsh upon you.
Even though punding certainly has elements of compulsions, it is felt to lie outside of the ICD spectrum (Evans et al. 2009).
