  We calculate the semileptonic and a subclass of sixteen nonleptonic two-body
decays of the double charm baryon ground states $\Xi_{cc}^{++},\,\Xi_{cc}^{+}$
and $\Omega_{cc}^+$ where we concentrate on the nonleptonic decay modes. We
identify those nonleptonic decay channels in which the decay proceeds solely
via the factorizing contribution precluding a contamination from $W$-exchange.
We use the covariant confined quark model previously developed by us to
calculate the various helicity amplitudes which describe the dynamics of the
$1/2^+ \to 1/2^+$ and $1/2^+ \to 3/2^+$ transitions induced by the Cabibbo
favored effective $(c \to s)$ and $(d \to u)$ currents. We then proceed to
calculate the rates of the decays as well as polarization effects and angular
decay distributions of the prominent decay chains resulting from the
nonleptonic decays of the double heavy charm baryon parent states.
