This final paper deals with social law. The greatest attention will be paid to social rights. The subject of work is social assistance and care, it is very important to keep track of novelties in this area. Both concepts are represented in the social system of the Republic of Croatia, but despite this, many citizens do not know all their rights. It will investigate which social rights and on the basis of which individual citizens are realized. The goal is to improve the quality of life and enable a dignified life for all citizens. Of the methods used in this work, the following should be emphasized: 1.) Classification - a method that determines the sharing of things, concepts, etc. 2.) The method of proof - one of the most important scientific methods in which all methods are assembled and all special methodological procedures 3.) Specialization - a process by which the general term comes to a new concept, with a smaller volume of more content. 4.) The compilation method - the compilation method is the process of downloading other results of research-research activity, ie other observations, attitudes, conclusions and perceptions. 5.) Descriptive - a procedure describing the properties of a concept. Through the research of the social system, we conclude that in the Republic of Croatia the system of social assistance and care has been advanced but despite this there is room for progress and measures need to be taken to make progress.