Let (X, d) be a metric space, and let Lip(X) denote the Banach space of all scalar-valued bounded Lipschitz functions ƒ on X endowed with one of the natural norms where L(ƒ) is the Lipschitz constant of ƒ. It is said that the isometry group of Lip(X) is canonical if every surjective linear isometry of Lip(X) is induced by a surjective isometry of X. In this paper we prove that if X is bounded separable and the isometry group of Lip(X) is canonical, then every 2-local isometry of Lip(X) is a surjective linear isometry. Furthermore, we give a complete description of all 2-local isometries of Lip(X) when X is bounded.

In this paper we state a Lipschitz version of a theorem due to Cambern concerning into linear isometries between spaces of vector-valued continuous functions and deduce a Lipschitz version of a celebrated theorem due to Jerison concerning onto linear isometries between such spaces.

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