Of his works that survived, much remains unedited, and only a dozen manuscript copies still exist.
[1] James was known as a Dominican theologian, which meant following the teachings of Saint Thomas Aquinas.
One account of James describes him as an “eclectic thinker,” and that his works were partially influenced by Peter of Auvergne as well as Henry of Ghent.
[3] The only philosophical work of James’s that is known for certain is that he gave two lectures on Peter Lombard’s Sentences.
These disagreements with Aquinas warranted criticism from the Master General of Dominican Order, Hervaeus Natalis, as he wrote a doctrine called "A Correction of Brother James Metz.