Rule of Law by Winton Higgins Brandl & Schlesinger, 2016, 305 pages, $29.95 ___________________________________ This novel about the first Nuremberg trials appears at a time when the US government is re-formulating its role in world affairs. It comes as a sharp reminder of another, more heroic moment in the US contribution to a safer, better world. Higgins’s retrieval of this legacy is thus highly topical. Higgins breathes life into the atmosphere and dramatics of the first Nuremberg trial. He has used historical sources to draw out the characters of some of the major participants, such as the Allied prosecutors, the…